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1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Outside of scientific journals, archaeologists are depicted as searching for lost cities and mystical artifacts in news reports, television, video games, and movies like Indiana Jones or The Mummy. This fantastical image has little to do with day-to-day science, yet it is deeply connected to why people are fascinated by the ancient past. By exploring the development of archaeology, this book helps us understand what archaeology is and why it matters. In Spooky Archaeology author Jeb J. Card follows a trail of clues left by adventurers and professional archaeologists that guides the reader through haunted museums, mysterious hieroglyphic inscriptions, fragments of a lost continent that never existed, and deep into an investigation of magic and murder. Card unveils how and why archaeology continues to mystify and why there is an ongoing fascination with exotic artifacts and eerie practices"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Time, memory, and myth : the foundations of spooky archaeology -- Supernatural relics -- Occulted archaeologists -- Hieroglyphs, magic, and mummies -- Myth and protohistory -- The creation of a lost continent -- Relic hunters and haunted museums -- Time detectives and international intrigue -- Digging up witches and murder -- Cthulhu and cosmic mythology -- The revenge of alternative archaeology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Parapsychology and archaeology.
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Parapsychology and archaeology. |
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Archaeology and history.
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Archaeology and history. |
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Mysticism.
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Mysticism. |
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Archaeology -- History.
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Archaeology. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Card, Jeb J. Spooky archaeology. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018 9780826359650 (DLC) 2017053368 |
| ISBN |
9780826359667 (electronic book) |
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0826359663 (electronic book) |
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0826359655 |
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9780826359650 |
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9780826359650 |
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