Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory
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Book Overview
The landscape of the nineteenth century, Williams asserts, is dotted with fakes, frauds, and humbugs whose fantastic claims of purported findings would make even P. T. Barnum blush. In Fantastic Archaeology, Williams takes them all on with gusto--illuminating, debunking, and instructing on the modes, methods, manners, and manifestations of American archaeology through the past two centuries. The author begins his walk on the wild side of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812213122
ISBN13:9780812213126
Release Date:May 1991
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:424 Pages
Weight:1.54 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Entertaining and informative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
The book is entertaining, enlightening, and an eye-opening deconstruction of many outlandish claims. It reveals how junk science is sometimes used to attempt to rewrite the past. A must-read for anyone interested in valid history.
Excellent!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
An excellent introduction to the history of American archaeology, starting from the decidedly crackpot side. This book fascinated me because the first half took place in my home state -- Ohio -- and involved sites within easy driving distance! I had no idea the lengths to which people would go in order to "prove" one theory or another.
An excellent book on pseudoarcheaology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This is a great book on the area of pseudoarchaeology in North America. It is one of only 2-3 on this subject, and with the various wild claims of prehistory, such books need to be read. I do wish the author would do an updated edition, as it is a little dated.
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