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Pseudoarchaeology can be motivated by nationalism (cf. Nazi archaeology, using cultural superiority of the ancient Aryan race as a basic assumption to establish the Germanic people as the descendants of the original Aryan 'master race') or a desire to prove a particular religious (cf. intelligent design), pseudohistorical, political, or ...
Classical archaeology is the study of the past using both material evidence (i.e. artifacts and their contexts) and documentary evidence (including maps, literature of the time, other primary sources, etc.). Classical archaeology specifically pertains to the Mediterranean area and the archaeology of Greece and its surrounding areas.
Grafton Elliot Smith: Map of Hyperdiffusionism from Egypt, 1929. Hyperdiffusionism is a pseudoarchaeological hypothesis [1] that postulates that certain historical technologies or ideas were developed by a single people or civilization and then spread to other cultures.
About Category:Pseudoarchaeology and related categories: This category's scope contains articles about Pseudoarchaeology, which may be a contentious label. This category comprises areas of endeavor or fields of study within archaeology which are inconsistent with the scientific method .
Archaeological theory functions as the application of philosophy of science to archaeology, and is occasionally referred to as philosophy of archaeology. There is no one singular theory of archaeology, but many, with different archaeologists believing that information should be interpreted in different ways.
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology is a book by Kenneth L. Feder on the topic of pseudoarchaeology. Feder is an emeritus professor of archaeology at Central Connecticut State University .
September 10, 2024 at 9:41 PM. Millions of prehistoric marine fossils were discovered beneath a California high school over the course of a multi-year construction project.
About Category:Pseudoarchaeological texts and related categories: This category's scope contains articles about Pseudoarchaeology, which may be a contentious label. Texts in the field of pseudoarchaeology .