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Special Pseudoarchaeology and Pop-Interest Issue of the SAA Magazine

November 23, 2019 21

The SAA Archaeological Record has a new online edition out for November/December 2019 and it’s a special pseudoarchaeology edition that includes articles from six different writers.

The Pseudoarchaeology of Michael Jaye’s Worldwide Flood

November 18, 2019 19

Former U.S. Army officer and mathematician published a paper about a worldwide flood in the journal Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. And it’s nearly completely based on pseudoscience.

Fair Use as a Blogger Who Reviews, Critiques, and Educates

October 21, 2019 21

Receiving a DMCA “take-down” notification can be un-nerving for those not prepared or experienced with them, so I thought I’d share a recent attempt and my thoughts on it for other bloggers.

The Pseudoarchaeology of Glenn Beck

September 28, 2019 20

Remember Glenn Beck? Here’s that time in 2010 he thought he could prove the Lost Tribe of Israel built the mounds of Newark

Pilgrim Gouges: Vandalism in Antiquity, Now Archaeological Curiosity

September 22, 2019 2

This is a slightly edited version of an article I wrote on this blog back in 2010. When does vandalism become an archaeological feature? When it’s done in antiquity, of course.