Table of contents for Frauds, myths, and mysteries : science and pseudoscience in archaeology / Kenneth L. Feder.

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The Morning of the Magicians Pseudoscience and Archaeology Why I Wrote This Book Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercises

Chapter 2: Epistemology: How You Know What You Know Knowing Things

Collecting Information: Seeing Isn't Necessarily Believing

Collecting Information: Relying on Others Science: Playing by the Rules

There Is a Real and Knowable Universe

The Universe Operates According to Understandable Laws

The Laws Are Immutable

The Laws Can Be Understood The Workings of Science The Case of Childbed Fever The Science and Nonscience: The Essential Differences

A Rule in Assessing Explanations The Art of Science

Where Do Hypotheses Come From?

Testing Hypotheses

The Human Enterprise of Science Science and Archaeology Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercises

Chapter 3: Anatomy of an Archaeological Hoax The Cardiff Giant: The Goliath of New York

The Discovery

The Beginning of the End

Hull's Confession

The End of the Giant Why Did They Do It? Current Perspectives: Frauds

The Rules for a Successful Archaeological Hoax Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise

Chapter 4: Dawson’s Dawn Man: The Hoax at Piltdown The Evolutionary Context

The Brain-Centered Paradigm A Remarkable Discovery in Sussex The Piltdown Enigma Unmasking the Hoax Whodunnit?

Suspect: Charles Dawson

Suspect: Arthur Smith Woodward

Suspect: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Suspect: Sir Grafton Elliot Smith

Suspect: Sir Arthur Keith

Suspect: Martin A. C. Hinton

Suspect: Lewis Abbott

Suspect: W. J. Sallas

Suspect: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Lesson of Piltdown Current Perspectives: Human Evolution Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise

Chapter 5: Who Discovered America? America's First People

A New World-To Europeans

Biblical Exegesis and American Indians

American Indians: From Israelites to Atlanteans

Tracing the Source of Native Americans

Out of Asia

An "American Genesis"?

Tracing People by Their Biology

Archaeology of the First Americans Who's Next? After the Indians, Before Columbus

Artifact Trails: Evidence of Visitors to the New World Europeans in America: The Norse Discovery of America

A Newfound Land

Where Was Vinland and Who Were the Skraelings?

Norse Discovery of America: The Physical Evidence

Other Evidence of the Viking Presence? Other Voyagers, Other Visitors

A Chinese Discovery of the New World?

Africans in Ancient America?

Other Europeans in the New World Before Columbus? America

Linguistics

Inscriptions

Architecture

The Archaeological Verdict

Archaeological Context: Digging Pits and Recovering Evidence Current Perspectives: The Peopling of the Americas Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercises

Chapter 6. The Myth of the Moundbuilders The Myth of a Vanished Race Who Were the Moundbuilders? Identifying the Vanished Race

The Walum Olum

The Archaeology of the Myth The Moundbuilder Mystery Solved Rationale for the Myth of a Vanished Race Current Perspectives: The Moundbuilders Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 7: Lost: One Continent—Reward Atlantis: Where Are You? Atlantis: The Source of the Legend

The Timaeus Dialogue

The Critias Dialogue

The Source and Meaning of Timaeus and Critias

Who Invented Atlantis?

Where Did Plato Get the Details of the Story?

A Minoan Source After Plato

Ignatius Donnelly: The Minnesota Congressman

Atlantis After Donnelly Current Perspectives: Atlantis

Ancient Greece

Archaeological Evidence in the Atlantic: The Bimini Wall

The Geology of the Atlantic Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise

Chapter 8: Prehistoric E.T.: The Fantasy of Ancient Astronauts Gods in Fiery Chariots

The Inkblot Hypothesis

The Amorous Astronaut Hypothesis

The "Our Ancestors, the Dummies" Hypothesis

Extraterrestrial Calendars?

Extraterrestrial Aliens in the Pacific?

A Real Mystery The Archaeology of Mars Current Perspectives:The von Daniken Phenomenon Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise

Chapter 9: Mysterious Egypt When Did People Get This Smart? Ancient Egypt

How Did They Build the Pyramids?

Tutankhamun Pyramids in Bosnia? Current Perspectives: Secrets of the Pyramids Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise

Chapter 10: Good Vibrations: Psychics and Dowsers Psychic Archaeology

The Roots of Psychic Archaeology

Psychic Site Location

Psychic Excavation

Psychic Cultural Reconstruction

Psychic Archaeology: The Verdict Dowsing Instead of Digging

Testing the Dowsers Current Perspectives: Archaeology Without Digging Frequently Asked Question Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise

Chapter 11: Old-Time Religion—New Age Visions Scientific Creationism

Noah's Ark

Footprints in Time

Other Guises of Creationism The Shroud of Turin

Testing the Shroud Burial Boxes of Jerusalem New Age Prehistory Current Perspectives: Religions Old and New Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise

Chapter 12: Real Mysteries of a Veritable Past The Cave Painters of Europe

Explaining the Cave Paintings The Civilization of the Maya

Explaining the Maya

The Mysterious Collapse of the Maya? Stonehenge

Explaining Stonehenge

Circular Reasoning About Stonehenge

An Ancient Astronomy?

Why Was Stonehenge Built? Conclusion: A Past We Deserve Frequently Asked Questions Best of the Web Critical Thinking Exercise

References Index

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Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Forgery of antiquities.
Archaeology.