Frauds, myths, and supposed mysteries about humanity\'s past are moving targets for anyone committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity.
He is the author of several books, including The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory , Eighth Edition (OUP, 2019), and Linking to the Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology , Second Edition (OUP, 2007)..
Feder is Professor of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University.
About the Author Kenneth L.
It is not just a book about how we know what isn\'t true about the human past--it\'s also about how we know what is true.
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and PseudoScience in Archaeology , Tenth Edition, uses interesting--and often humorous--archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science.
Debunking such nonsense is fun and useful in its own way, but more important is the process by which we determine that such claims are bunk.
It is important for anyone interested in the human past to know, for example, that there is no evidence for a race of giant human beings in antiquity and no broken shards of laser guns under Egyptian pyramids.
Frauds, myths, and supposed mysteries about humanity\'s past are moving targets for anyone committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity
