Forbidden Archaeology? The Exaggeration of the Antiquity of Man -part 3-
In two other parts in this series, I posted about the exaggerated antiquity of Man in which proponents suggest that modern humans (Homo sapiens), have […]
Year: 2018
Forbidden Archaeology? The Exaggeration of the Antiquity of Man -part 2-
In an earlier blog post, I mentioned the Nabta Playa monuments that date back to the Neolithic and the attempts of certain significance-junkies to use […]
Top Twelve Pseudo-artifacts You Can Buy to Have a Piece of Pseudohistory!
Pseudo-artifacts and gift ideas for the skeptic archaeologist (or that family member that you can’t stop watching Ancient Aliens every Friday night). These are genuine […]
Forbidden Archaeology? Pseudo-archaeology and the Exaggeration of the Antiquity of Man
Some may be familiar with the woo magazine, Atlantis Rising, but for those who are not, allow me to offer a brief introduction. Atlantis Rising […]
Using Software with LiDAR to Find Precontact Sites
On the Forest where I work, the vegetation from about mid-April until early-November makes pedestrian survey in anything but a plowed field next to impossible. […]
Embellishments of memory: the unreliable nature of eyewitness testimony
ABSTRACT: In news of the past: UFO study finds no sign of aliens. But there will be no shortage of people who subscribe to the notion […]
The Pseudoscience of Ley Lines
One of the first mentions of “ley lines,” if not THE first, was by Alfred Watkins in his book, Early British Trackways, Moats, Mounds, Camps, […]
Preservation in Cultural Resource Management
I recently listened to some discussions on preservation on the Archaeology Podcast Network, and it inspired me to write a little about “preservation” as I […]
Moonshine Archaeology
Like any good stories of adventure and intrigue that involve archaeology, this one begins with a treasure map! Once upon a time, I happened to […]
Radiocarbon Dating and How Mystery-Mongers Appeal to the Significance-Junkie with Hyperbole and Lies
One of the biggest purveyors of pseudoarchaeological nonsense, Ancient-Origins, recently plagiarized Science Daily, which ran a short article based on a study in PNAS (Proceedings […]