Archaeological/Skeptical Resources, Critiques of
cult archaeology, Roman Britain links
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For a long time I've been meaning to set up a web with
references to other sites and articles not found elsewhere which
expose 'cult' or 'fringe' archaeology. I’ve
finally gotten around to setting one up because Ross Clark asked
me what to do with some graphics sent to him by Robin Stobbs.
Foolishly I said no problem, I’d put them up! Fortunately
web utilities are friendlier than when I first wrote a web page,
so with the help of Arachnophilia, here it is.
Now that I’ve created it, I intend to use it for what in
my opinion is interesting information about archaeology. In
particular this will include a section on what is often called
cult or fringe archaeology. I'm including also various links
to more serious and to my main interest in archaeology,
Romano-British archaeology. It won’t be terribly flash as I
don’t have the time, and in any case prefer sites with a
minimum of bells and whistles.
Besides collecting links and new information for the
site, I need to figure out a way to classify the links,
particularly the cult archaeology ones. As with everything else,
suggestions are always welcome!
LINKS TO CURRENT HISTORICAL AND
ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS:
- current Anthropological news
stories, see also below:
- You really need to read this and the page above as
they overlap, although this one is more specifically
archaeology
- Another news site, updated daily -- a
discussion page and other links as well
Want to
find an out-of-print book? This site will let you search over
3000 booksellers around the world! (I wanted an out-of-print book
and found 13 booksellers offering it to me, at a variety of
prices).
Another good
source of out-of-print books, claims to be the largest world
network of independent booksellers with over 20 million
listings
- Science, hoaxes, flat earth, skepticism and more
'What's New' on Skeptic News
- The Bad Astronomy web pages are devoted to airing
out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics.
- Vital site for the creation/evolution controversy,
flood myths, catastrophism, geology, biology, C14 dating,
etc.
- not archaeology, but a useful page on what the
author calls "the biggest fraud of the 20th
century"
Ross Sargent's fascinating skeptic site
- This page of The Telson Spur is
"a list of links to on-line resources for the study of
intellectual deceit, which is pseudoscience in
retrospect"
'SERIOUS' ARCHAEOLOGY:
Rod Polasky's web site with a huge number of general links plus a glossary of archaeology terms, links to museums of archaeology and anthropology, and teacher's resources & lesson plans
- a large variety of
resources for archaeology, including virtually all the mailing
lists
- Julia Hayden's magnificent guide to the archaeology and
history of the ancient world
- similar to ARCHNET but with a
European focus. A 'must' reference site.
Various links
- includes several
on-line journal sites and back issues of British Archaeology and information about digging opportunities
- Kris Hirst's excellent
guide, including an email newsletter and a web chat board. A
must.
- A selection of Internet
links to supplement Kevin Greene's book Archaeology: an
introduction (1995).
Mike Brass's site, focussing on
Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt and human evolution
digging opportunities and general information on UK archaeology
'Britain's Leading Archaeology
Magazine' (An excellent source for people looking for
excavation experience) About to launch Current World Archaeology.
- "Here you can find collected
scholarly files, links, resources, software and reports relevant
or interesting to Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian
Archaeology." Maintained by Thomas Burglin
Presents links to Mesoamerican cultures from the Olmecs to the Aztecs and constantly updated New World News stories.
- the first fully refereed
electronic journal for archaeology
-
"A portal to online research, bibliographies, articles, graphics, and links concerning archaeology, forensics, physical anthropology, evolution, mystery & science fiction, and other subjects from the ridiculous to the sublime..."
- the World Wide Web Virtual
Library for Archaeology.
- The best web site for C14 dating information -- online at the
radiocarbon labs of Waikato and Oxford Universities
-
Covers Hancock, The Oronteus Finaeus Map of 1532, Atlantis,
Bimini stones, Sphinx, Tiwanaku, etc.
ANCIENT MAPS
an Index of maps Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance 6,000 B.C. - 1880 A.D.
Cartographic Treasures 250 to over 500 years old
- an article by Paul Heinrich (also mentions Buache)
- another article by Paul
Heinrich (also mentions Buache)
- "Piri Reis and the Columbian
Theory", an article from Aramco World Magazine by P.
Lunde
An article by Gregory C. McIntosh from Mercator's World,
May/June 2000
-
"Charting Imaginary Worlds: Pole Shifts, Ice Sheets, and
Ancient Sea Kings", an article by Sean Mewhinney on ancient
maps (Buache, Piri Re'is, Hadji Ahmed, Zeno, Martin Behaim)
- An article by Paul Heinrich
, Atlantis in Antarctica, also by Paul Heinrich
A letter in
Mercator's World discussing Mallery, Hapgood, and Ancient
Maps
PYRAMIDIOTS
by the Australian
skeptic Barry Williams
- Piazzi Smyth's crusade against the metric
system, religion and pyramidology
- Frank Doernenburg looks at numerology,
pi, Sitchin, and other pyramidiocies
- Frank Doernenburg exposes
claims for electric lights in ancient Egypt
- Frank Doernenburg looks Bauval and
Gilbert's claims in their book The Orion Mystery
- an article by
Lowell Kirk looking at the people involved in the forgery
- an article by
James Cunliffe, Ph.D., a Consulting Geologist, on claims for an
ancient buried city in Texas
- Exploring the concepts
of mainstream and alternative archaeologists and Egyptologists
this site contains articles, a message board, and daily
archaeology news
- List of
links by Mikey Brass (scroll down on left for link)
- an article by Catherine Yronwode
- an article by Paul Heinrich
(Tertiary of California). - an article by Paul Heinrich
(Tertiary of California). - an article by Paul Heinrich
, An analysis of alleged Precambrian, 2.8 billion year-old, artifacts from West Transvaal, South Africa. - an article by Paul Heinrich
Baalbek - Baalbek is a
Roman site which is often claimed to be 'impossible' or
'very ancient'. [updated 11/11/98]
An
article by Charles E. Orser, Jr on Hancock's mistakes conerning the dating of Tiwanaku
An article by the archaeologist Ken Feder
A review of Graham Hancock's TV series by Nic Flemming, Director, Southampton Oceongraphy Centre
Jason Colavito's website with articles, news and reviews concerning lost civilizations, focussing on critiques of the fringe
An email discussion between an Australian Egyptologist, Gregory P. Gilbert, and an Austraulian musician inquiring about themAn email discussion between an Australian Egyptologist, Gregory P. Gilbert, and an Austraulian musician inquiring about them
Colin Groves' review of Forbidden
Archeology by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson.
A review by Bradley T. Lepper of The Hidden
History of the Human Race by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L.
Thompson.
-
The not so hidden history of Man from the often overlooked geologic perspective, by Archae Solenhofen
-
Supposed 500000 years old sparkplug shown to be 1920s Champion
sparkplug
A
critique of Barry Fell's claim that pictographs from the
Fraser Valley are in Ogham and that Carrier (the Athabaskan
native language of an area of British Columbia) is
Celtic
Skeptical Inquirer article -- The
Nazca Lines Revisited: Creation of a Full-Sized
Duplicate
- A skeptical archive on Zecharia Sitchin
Sitchin's Sumerian Astronomy
Refuted A refutation of Sitchin's astronomy by Chris
Siren, keeper of the Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian Mythology
FAQs
This is a link to an article by Tom Van
Flandern. I wouldn't normally link to him or the Laura Lee
Show, but his analysis of Sitchin's Akkadian seal is
interesting. Note at the bottom of the web page that you can buy
a cassette by him in which he says that he is looking for a
Planet X, but says "Sitchin’s "12th Planet"
does not fit the astronomical evidence."
Articles
by Ian Lawton -- scroll down the web page to find
them.
- Has a section on unsubstantiated
claims of Pre-Columbian transoceanic contacts, with some
arguments against.
The Newport Tower - a summary of a
recent study by the Newport Historical Society
- This is a
web site primarily for those who think that there is evidence for
considerable pre-Colonial European influence in North America. I
cannot endorse the site, but they have had the courtesy to post a
note of mine about the Newport Tower and I feel I should
reciprocate. I also think that many of the sites they discuss do
need careful study, whatever the results.
and forgeries
palentological, historical, et cetera
-
A web site by Chester archaeologist Keith Matthews
This is a collection of back and forth arguments from sci.archaeology.mesoamerican, compiled by Peter van Rossum, which deconstructs the study of Wiercinski who claims to have found African skeletons.
- NOT an archaeology page, in fact a UFO page by an
extremely skeptical believer, with the occasional relevant
article.
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ROMAN BRITAIN:
Maintained by
Dr. Christopher A. Snyder as part of ORB, The Online Reference
Book for Medieval Studies
- a good section
on Roman Britain, with lots of other good links
- more stuff from Athena Review
- Mike Bishop's home page, more Roman stuff
- article from British
Archaeology by Ken Dark
- article from
British Archaeology by David Howlett
- article from British
Archaeology by Rob Witcher
- A project by
the Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit
- A project by the Birmingham
University Field Archaeology Unit
- The web site of the
Romano-British specialist Guy de la Bédoyère
- "Roman Sites is essentially a
bibliographical resource"
- the earliest Roman frontier in Britain and
perhaps the earlier Roman frontier anywhere!
SOURCES FOR BOOKS, ETC ON ROMAN BRITAIN (see also
Bibliofind above)
-
Specialist Booksellers and Publishers in Archaeology, Classical
and Medieval Studies
- out-of-print/secondhand archaeological/heritage
related books and offprints