Controversies in Archaeology - Softcover

Kehoe, Alice Beck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598740628 ISBN 13: 9781598740622

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Atlantis, ancient astronauts, and pyramid power. Archaeologists are perennially bombarded with questions about the “mysteries” 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 some stands―on transpacific migration, shamanism, the Kensington Runestone―which will challenge instructor and students alike, and foster class discussion.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Alice Beck Kehoe offers introductory students a method of evaluating and assessing claims about the past in this reader-friendly, concise text, using examples from Native American origins to ancient astronauts.

About the Author:

Alice Beck Kehoe is Professor of Anthropology emerita at Marquette University and Adjunct Professor in Anthropology, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee. She has authored textbooks for courses on Native Americans, introductory archaeology, and the history of archaeology, as well as numerous professional books and articles, in her illustrious career. Her fieldwork has stretched from Saskatchewan to Bolivia and from the Czech Republic to Illinois. She has worked extensively with Native American communities and is one of the founders of gender research in archaeology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1598740628
• ISBN 13: 9781598740622
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256