Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries

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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,<em> Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology</em>, 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 <em>isn't</em> true about the human past--it's also about how we know what <em>is</em> true.

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471

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Publication Date:
2017-01-01

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Social Sciences -> Anthropology -> Archaeology

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