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Defining the Fringe of Contemporary Australian Archaeology - Pyramidiots, Paranoia and the Paranormal (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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Defining the Fringe of Contemporary Australian Archaeology - Pyramidiots, Paranoia and the Paranormal (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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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 investigations. With limited landscape
identification training, an enthusiasm for discovery and strange
cultural biases, fringe operators have utilised new technologies to
justify old fallacies through variant forms of amateur
archaeology.This collection draws on the wealth of work currently
being undertaken by contemporary archaeologists in Australia, from
rock art observations to art/archaeology experiments and even space
archaeology. It explores archaeology on the edge, contextualising
the fringe dwellers that operate on the periphery of accepted
academia. It also looks at contemporary archaeological theory and
practice in relation to these fringe operators, developing
approaches toward interaction, in contrast to the more common
reaction of repudiation. The relationship between the accepted
centre and the outer edge in contemporary archaeological practice
and theory unveils much about popular misconceptions and how
archaeological spaces can be overlaid with variant mythological and
cultural interpretations.
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