Frauds, myths, and mysteries : science and pseudoscience in archaeology
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Frauds, myths, and mysteries : science and pseudoscience in archaeology
Oxford University Press, c2018
9th ed
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Previous ed.: 2014
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Frauds, myths, and supposed mysteries about humanity's past are moving targets for anyone committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity. It is important for anyone interested in the human past to know, for example, that there is no evidence for a race of giant human beings in antiquity and no broken shards of laser guns under Egyptian pyramids. Debunking such nonsense is fun and useful in its own way, but more important is the process by which we
determine that such claims are bunk.Now published by Oxford University Press, Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Ninth Edition, uses
interesting--and often humorous--archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science. It is not just a book about how we know what isn't true about the human past--it's also about how we know what is true.
目次
- Preface Pseudoscience Cheat Sheet Chapter 1. Science and Pseudoscience Belief in the Unbelievable The Morning of the Magicians Pseudoscience and Archaeology Why I Wrote This Book Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercises Chapter 2. Epistemology: How You Know What You Know Knowing Things Collecting Information: Seeing Isn't Necessarily Believing Collecting Information: Relying on Others Science: Playing by the Rules There Is a Real and Knowable Universe The Universe Operates According to Understandable Laws The Laws Are Immutable The Laws Can Be Understood The Workings of Science The Case of Childbed Fever Science and Nonscience: The Essential Differences A Rule in Assessing Explanations The Art of Science Where Do Hypotheses Come From? Testing Hypotheses Skeptics, Not Cynics
- Doubters, Not Deniers The Human Enterprise of Science Science and Archaeology Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercises Chapter 3. GIANTS! Anatomy of an Archaeological Hoax The Cardiff Giant: The Goliath of New York The Discovery The Beginning of the End Hull's Confession The End of the Giant Why Did They Do It? Real Deal Archaeology: How We Recognize Frauds When We See Them The Rules for a Successful Archaeological Hoax Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercises Chapter 4. Dawson's Dawn Man: The Hoax at Piltdown The Skeleton-More Precisely, the Cranium-in the Closet The Evolutionary Context The Brain-Centered Paradigm A Remarkable Discovery in Sussex Unmasking the Hoax Whodunnit? Suspect: Charles Dawson Were There Co-conspirators? The Lesson of Piltdown Real Deal Archaeology: What We Know About Human Evolution A Rising Hominin Star A Neandertal in Your Family Tree Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 5. Who Discovered America? America's First People A New World-To Europeans Biblical Exegesis and American Indians American Indians: From Israelites to Atlanteans Tracing the Source of Native Americans Out of Asia The Beringian Highway Real Deal Archaeology: What We Know About the Earliest Human Settlement of America Tracing People by Their Morphology Tracing People by Their DNA Tracing People by Their Archaeology Frequently Asked Question Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 6. Who's Next? After the Indians, Before Columbus Artifact Trails: Evidence of Visitors to the New World The New England Model The Archaeology of Columbus The Spanish Entrada into the American Southeast A Chinese Discovery of the New World? Africans in Ancient America? Other Europeans in the New World Before Columbus? America B.C.? Mystery Hill: A Convergence of Evidence? The Archaeological Verdict Inscriptions Real Deal Archaeology: What We Know About The Norse Discovery of America A Newfound Land Norse Discovery of America: The Physical Evidence L'Anse aux Meadows Other Evidence of the Viking Presence? Frequently Asked Question Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 7. The Myth of the Moundbuilders The Myth of a Vanished Race Who Were the Moundbuilders? Identifying the Vanished Race The Archaeology of the Myth The Moundbuilder Mystery Solved Rationale for the Myth of a Vanished Race Real Deal Archaeology: What We Know About the Mound Building People of America Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 8. Lost: One Content-Reward Atlantis: Where Are You? Atlantis: The Source of the Legend The Timaeus Dialogue The Critias Dialogue The Source and Meaning of Timaeus and Critias Who Invented Atlantis? Where Did Plato Get the Details of the Story? A Minoan Source After Plato Ignatius Donnelly: The Minnesota Congressman The Lost Continents of Theosophy Atlantis: And the Beat Goes On Real Deal Archaeology: What We Know About Atlantis Ancient Greece Archaeological Evidence in the Atlantic: The Bimini Wall The Geology of the Atlantic Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 9. Prehistoric E.T.: The Fantasy of Ancient Astronauts Ancient Astronauts: The Source of the Idea Gods in Fiery Chariots The Inkblot Hypothesis The Horny Astronaut Hypothesis The "Our Ancestors, the Dummies" Hypothesis Extraterrestrial Calendars? Extraterrestrial Aliens in the Pacific? H.P. Lovecraft, Ancient Aliens, and the Cthulhu Connection A Real Mystery Real Deal Archaeology: The Bias Inherent in the Ancient Astronauts Hypothesis Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 10. The Mystery of Ancient Civilizations: How Did People Get So Smart? Ancient Egypt The Civilization of the Maya Explaining the Maya About the Maya Calendar A Lost Civilization? But It's Not Atlantis. Well, Maybe It's Atlantis. Stonehenge Explaining Stonehenge An Ancient Astronomy? Circular Reasoning About Stonehenge Why Was Stonehenge Built? Primordial Civilization in Bosnia? Real Deal Archaeology: What We Know About Pyramid Building School of (Moving) Rock Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercises Chapter 11. Good Vibrations: Psychics and Archaeology Psychic Archaeology Psychic Site Location Psychic Cultural Reconstruction Psychic Archaeology: A Test Psychic Archaeology: The Verdict Dowsing for Diggers Real Deal Archaeology: How We Can Investigate Sites Without Digging in the Dirt Frequently Asked Question Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 12. Old-Time Religion, New Age Visions, and Paranormal Predictions Scientific Creationism and the Claim of Intelligent Design Creationist Strategies in Education Intelligent Design Noah's Ark Footprints in Time New Age Prehistory Crystal Skulls Real Deal Archaeology: What we Know About the Palatki Site in Sedona, Arizona A Rant Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Epilogue: A Past We Deserve References Index
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