Frauds, Myths and Mysteries by Kenneth L Feder

Frauds, Myths and Mysteries by Kenneth L Feder

Frauds, myths, and supposed mysteries about humanity's past are moving targets for anyone committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity. 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 in antiquity and no broken shards of laser guns under Egyptian pyramids. Debunking such nonsense is fun and useful in its own way, but more important is the process by which we determine that such claims are bunk.

Now published by Oxford University Press, Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Ninth Edition, uses interesting--and often humorous--archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science. It 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.

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ISBN 13	9781559345231
ISBN 10	1559345233
Title	Frauds, Myths and Mysteries
Author	Kenneth L Feder
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	1996-03-19
Number of pages	288
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