Alternative Archaeology
Many Pasts in Our Present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9205650 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pia Andersson (0000-0003-0269-730X, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm UniversitySE-106 91 StockholmSweden, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 125-137 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Numen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852712x630743 |
| OpenAlex | W1993511608 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article introduces the field of alternative archaeology. After a short presentation of how the field has been received by professional archaeologists, different ways of defining it are discussed, and potential demarcations are examined. A survey of the most frequently discussed topics follows, together with a discussion of the methodologies employed and the theoretical presuppositions accepted by writers in the alternative archaeology genre, and how these differ from the methods and theories of conventional academic archaeology. A brief section on the relevance of alternative archaeology to the study of religion concludes the article
Archaeology · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · History of religions · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics) · Presupposition · Relevance (law) · Section (typography) · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |