Religious Aspects of Pseudoarchaeology: The How and the Why
While pseudoarchaeology often presents claims in a scientific register, it favors fantastic or romantic theories of the past over the findings of professionalized archaeology. As archaeologists have attempted to interpret pseudoarchaeology, it has been implied that it often resembles religion more t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Nova religio
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 89-95 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Archaeology
/ Interpretation of
/ Esotericism
/ Extraterrestrial life
/ New religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
pseudoarchaeology
B alternative archaeology B ancient aliens B Re-enchantment |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | While pseudoarchaeology often presents claims in a scientific register, it favors fantastic or romantic theories of the past over the findings of professionalized archaeology. As archaeologists have attempted to interpret pseudoarchaeology, it has been implied that it often resembles religion more than science, both in terms of its epistemology and the types of worldviews it is deployed to legitimate. This article synthesizes the work of the authors in this special issue of Nova Religio to further articulate these "religious" aspects of pseudoarchaeology. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2019.22.4.89 |