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Skepticism and Pseudoscience

A Response to a Strawman Argument of Pseudoarchaeology

February 12, 2023 Carl Feagans 0

I wrote this in response to a question on Twitter about a statement made by a pseudoarchaeologist on a YouTube video.

Ancient Apocalypse

Down with Derinkuyu and the Scablands Scuttle-a review of Ancient Apocalypse 7 and 8

December 12, 2022 Carl Feagans 0

In this final review of Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse science fiction series on Netflix, we look at episodes 7 and 8 along with a summary of the series as a whole.

Newark Holy Stones

Hyper-diffusion in Archaeology

December 8, 2016 Carl Feagans 1

This is a term that gets tossed around among archaeologists and academics, particularly when they’re being critical of the many nonsense claims of sensationalists like […]

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Hair Color and Mummification

November 5, 2016 Carl Feagans 9

At least some if not much of what drives the association of Peruvian skulls that are elongated (by head-binding in their first 3 years of life) […]

Book Review: The Lost History of Ancient America

October 24, 2016 Carl Feagans 5

Editor-Joseph, Frank. (2016). The Lost History of Ancient America:How Our Continent Was Shaped by Conquerors, Influencers, and Other Visitors from Across the Ocean. Wayne, NJ: […]

Review: Finding the Truth-Worlds Biggest Pyramid

October 3, 2016 Carl Feagans 8

Producer: Said Sefo An apparent promoter of the Bosnian pyramid hoax who posted in a Facebook group I frequent lately offered to send me a […]

How Does an “Alternative” Archaeology Work?

September 27, 2016 Carl Feagans 8

This article is part of the “Buzzwords in Pseudoarchaeology” series Google “alternative archaeology” (with the quotes) and you’ll get about 17,000 hits. The first of […]

Open Minds and “High Civilizations”

September 8, 2016 Carl Feagans 6

Two more buzz-terms among those that propagate pseudoarchaeological ideas are “Open Minds” and “High Civilization.” Open vs. Closed Minds Having an open mind is a […]

What is pseudoarchaeology? Part 1: Probably Wrong to Fantastically Charged

September 5, 2016 Carl Feagans 7

There are many who make a pretense of doing science, using scientific-sounding jargon and misplaced or misapplied scientific principles. In so doing, these people often […]

Daily Mail Click-baits with Pyramid Math

August 17, 2016 Carl Feagans 3

Floating around some of the archaeology and science groups is a new “discovery” of a pyramid “older than those of Egypt” found in Kazakhstan. And […]

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