pseudoarchaeology
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From pseudo- (“fake”) + archaeology.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌs(j)uː.dəʊˌɑː.kiˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsu.doʊˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
- Hyphenation: pseu‧do‧ar‧chae‧o‧lo‧gy
Noun
pseudoarchaeology (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoarchaeologies)
- (pseudoscience) Pseudoscientific archaeology.
- Synonyms: alternative archaeology, cult archaeology
- 2016, Brian M. Fagan, Nadia Durrani, Archaeology: A Brief Introduction, 12th edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 45:
- Pseudoarchaeology appeals to people who are impatient with the deliberate pace of science and who like to believe that “there is always a faint possibility that…” Some of these “cult archaeologies” show all the signs of becoming personality cults, even religious movements.
- 2016, Jeb J. Card, David S. Anderson, editors, Lost City, Found Pyramid: Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 14:
- The chapters in part 1, “Case Studies in Alternative Constructions of the Past: Methods, Ideologies, and Practitioners,” present examples of the nature and culture of pseudoarchaeologies and related alternative constructions of the past.