Controversies in Archaeology

Name: Controversies in Archaeology
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ISBN: 9781598740622

ISBN-10: 1598740628

ISBN-13: 9781598740622

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alice Beck Kehoe

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Atlantis, ancient astronauts, and pyramid power. Archaeologists are perennially bombarded with questions about the amysteriesa of the past. They are also constantly addressing more realistic controversies: origins of the First Americans, the ownership of antiquities, and national claims to historical territories. Alice Beck Kehoe offers to introductory students a method of evaluating and assessing these claims about the past in this reader-friendly, concise text. She shows how to use the methods of science to challenge the legitimacy of pseudoscientific proclamations and develop reasonable interpretations on controversial issues. Not one to shy away from controversy herself, Kehoe takes…

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List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Past is Today



Scientific Method



Popular Archaeology



America's First Nations and Archaeology



Finding Diversity



Religion and Archaeology



"Diffusion" versus Independent Invention



What People Before Us Could Do: Earlier Technologies



Neandertals, Farmers, Warriors, and Cannibals: Bringing in Biological Data



Competing Theories of Cultural Development


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author