The New Age of alternative archaeology in Australia

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ID6038776
AuthorsPeter Hiscock (0000-0002-8893-4742, Department of Anthropology Northern Territory University P.O. Casuarina NT 0909, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume31
Issue3
Pages152-164
Publication date1996-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.1996.tb00358.x
OpenAlexW2137762656
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited9

A review of unconventional views of the chronology of humans in Australia reveals something of the structure and diversity of alternative archaeology. Alternative ideas on Australian prehistory are increasingly brought to the public through high volume sales of magazines and books, and there are indications that such views currently have a surprising level of popularity. Increasingly these views are being rephrased to be mystical or ‘New Age’ in nature rather than pseudo‐scientific. Some of the complexity of any response by conventional archaeology is discussed

Archaeology · Art · Chronology · Diversity (politics · Geography · Literature · Mysticism · Political science · Popularity · Prehistoric archaeology · Prehistory · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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