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Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology:From Atlantis to the Walum Olum

机译:可疑考古学百科全书:从亚特兰蒂斯到瓦卢姆·奥伦(Walum Olum)

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Tracing our past is a fascinating and often seductive endeavour. Because of this the general public is deeply interested in archaeology. Archaeological topics bleed outside the careful empiricism of science and show up transformed as sensationalism in the popular culture. Stories of lost extraterrestrial civilisations and Utopian societies masquerade as bone fide archaeology on television, in magazines, and on the internet because there is an ever-ready audience for them. As the author of this book asserts, science is not about sensationalism but rather, "... achieving ever more accurate and precise explanations about the world around us..." (p. x). To help set the record straight and, more importantly, demonstrate how one archaeologist systematically approaches pseudoarchaeology, Kenneth Feder has written a single-volume compendium of archaeological and historical mysteries, myths, misunderstandings, and frauds.
机译:追寻我们的过去是一次迷人而又诱人的努力。因此,公众对考古学非常感兴趣。考古主题超出了科学的审慎经验主义的范畴,并在大众文化中表现为耸人听闻的感觉。在电视,杂志和互联网上,迷失的外星文明和乌托邦社会的故事被伪装成真正的考古学,因为它们吸引了越来越多的听众。就像这本书的作者所断言的那样,科学不是关于耸人听闻的,而是“……对我们周围世界的解释越来越准确……”(第x页)。为了使记录更清晰,更重要的是证明一位考古学家如何系统地处理伪考古学,肯尼思·费德(Kenneth Feder)写了一部有关考古和历史之谜,神话,误解和欺诈的单卷汇编。

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  • 来源
    《Reference reviews》 |2011年第8期|p.57-58|共2页
  • 作者

    Susan M. Frey;

  • 作者单位

    Associate Librarian, Indiana State University) Terre Haute, Indiana, USA;

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  • 正文语种 eng
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  • 关键词

    archaeology; encyclopedias;

    机译:考古学;百科全书;

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