From archaeology to archaeologies
Subtitle: the "other" past
By: edited by Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw, Eleni Stefanou
Series: BAR international series -- 2409
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9781407310077
Subjects: Pseudoarchaeology
Description: "The idea for this volume emerged from critical self-reflection about diverse archaeological practices in a session presented at the 13th European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting (Zadar, Croatia, 2007), in particular the conflicting relationship between the 'mainstream' and the 'alternative'. The field of so-called 'fringe' or 'alternative' archaeology is vast and multifaceted, ranging from pseudoarchaeology, 'bad' archaeology practices, conspiracy theories and claims about lost civilizations to extraterrestrial cultures, (neo)shamanism, religious and/or nationalist demands. All these agendas have in common the fact that, through their differentiated readings and appropriations of the past, they create solidarities amongst their supporters."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: From archaeology to archaeologies: themes, challenges and borders of the "other" past / Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw, Eleni Stefanou; title: An insider's view of an alternative archaeology / Michael Cremo; title: Performance, participation and pyramids: addressing meaning and method behind alternative archaeology in Visoko, Bosnia / Tera Pruitt; title: Marginal and mainstream. Religion, politics and identity in the contemporary US, as seen through the lens of the Kennewick Man / The Ancient One / Liv Nilsson Stutz; title: A clash of ideologies: Zimbabwean archaeology at the fringe / Paul Hubbard, Robert S. Burrett; title: Academic constructs about the past and early education as (dis)entangled components of identity formation processes / Anna Zalewska; title: Archaeology as allegory: the representations of archaeology in children's literature in Brazil / Marcia Bezerra; title: A look in the mirror and the perspective of others on the portrayal of archaeology in the mass media / Diane Scherzler; title: "Looting" unveiled, archaeology revealed: case studies from western Greece / Ioanna Antoniadou; title: Visual collision? prehistoric rock art and graffiti in an Armenian landscape / Fay Stevens; title: The colours of the past / Cornelius Holtorf.