Talking to the Guy on the Airplane
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2104428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald H Holly (0000-0002-7604-8479, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 615-617 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0002731600003577 |
| OpenAlex | W2586913752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
There's a popular meme that my archaeology friends have been circulating on social media lately: a picture of Giorgio Tsoukalos, a producer of the popular History Channel show Ancient Aliens, overlaid with the caption 'I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.' The caption is a play on Tsoukalos's and others' claims that the archaeological and historical record contains ample evidence for alien visits to earth in antiquity. To wit, past episodes of the show have suggested that Kachinas, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and indigenous rock art depict aliens; that much of the monumental art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica, South America, Near East, Easter Island (of course), Malta, and elsewhere represents the genius of extraterrestrial visitors; that Mayan kings were not really people but alien overlords; that extraterrestrials were responsible for the demise of many civilizations-if not the dinosaurs, too-and so on
Alien · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art history · Demise · Genealogy · Genius · Indigenous · Popular history · Population · Rock art · Sociology · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Law
Arqueología Y Pseudoarqueología
Archaeology and the nation state. The case of eastern Europe
Reckoning with the Popular Uptake of Alien Archaeology
Ethics in Archaeological Lidar
The significant past and insignificant archaeologists. Who informs the public about their 'national' past? The case of Romania
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |