Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology by Feder, Kenneth
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology by Feder, Kenneth

Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology

A common goal in virtually all social science courses is to teach students to think critically. Most...
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Author: Kenneth Feder
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Language: English
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Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology by Feder, Kenneth

Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology

$296.99 $157.39
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology by Feder, Kenneth

Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology

$296.99 $157.39
Author: Kenneth Feder
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A common goal in virtually all social science courses is to teach students to think critically. Most students who sign up for this "fun" archaeology course have not been asked to think deeply about how we know what we know. Clearly, 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, and no broken shards of alien's laser guns under Egyptian pyramids. Debunking such nonsense is fun and useful in its own way, but of much greater importance is the process we employ to determine that such claims are nonsense. Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries uses archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the human past through science. Frauds is not just a book about how we know what isn't true about the human past; it's also about how we know what is true.

Author: Kenneth Feder
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 03/28/2025
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.23w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780197757796

About the Author
Kenneth L. Feder is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University. He is the author of several books, including The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory, Ninth Edition (OUP, 2024), and Linking to the Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology, Second Edition (OUP, 2007).
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