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Title Defining the fringe of contemporary Australian archaeology : pyramidiots, paranoia and the paranormal / edited by Darran Jordan and Rocco Bosco
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 185 pages) : illustrations
Summary Popular culture has often presented a mythologised version of archaeology that at times misinforms the general public about broader academic intentions. The fantastic and bizarre continue to capture the public imagination, so that while archaeological teams excavate, survey and record, they occupy the same geographic locations as ghost tour operators and seekers of the supernatural. Not only does archaeology operate within the same geography as modern mythology, but widespread access to technology, from satellite imagery to GPS data, means that enthusiastic amateurs can partake in their own in
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 23, 2018)
Subject Archaeology -- Technological innovations
Archaeology -- Australia
Archaeology -- Social aspects -- Australia
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia.
Archaeology.
Archaeological theory.
Unexplained phenomena -- the paranormal.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Archaeology
Archaeology -- Social aspects
Archaeology -- Technological innovations
Excavations (Archaeology)
Australia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Bosco, Rocco, editor
Jordan, Darran, editor
ISBN 9781527503915
1527503917
9781527510739
1527510735