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Doug’s Archaeology site
ARCHAEOLOGICAL/SKEPTICAL RESOURCES, CRITIQUES OF CULT ARCHAEOLOGY, ROMAN BRITAIN
LINKS
Search WWW Search ramtops.co.uk
This site is evolving (what else?). Refresh your browser if you haven't been
here recently. Latest version 1.98 September 5 2019. 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!
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* LINKS TO CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS:
* Wessex Archaeology - Round up of news from the archaeological community
around the world stories
* PHYS.ORG Archaeology and Fossils News
* Archaeological News - Another news site, updated daily -- a discussion page
and other links as well
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MISCELLANEOUS LINKS:
* Austronesian migration routes -- 3 jpegs from Robin Stobbs
* Bibliofind 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).
* Abebooks Another good source of out-of-print books, claims to be the largest
world network of independent booksellers with over 20 million listings
* Archaeology Wordsmith - an online dictionary of archaeology
* The Skeptic's Dictionary
Skeptical Information Links from Jim Leppard
* Donald Simanek's Page - Science, hoaxes, flat earth, skepticism and more
* Skeptic News 'What's New' on Skeptic News
* Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy - The Bad Astronomy web pages are devoted to
airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics.
* The Talk.Origins Archive - Vital site for the creation/evolution controversy,
flood myths, catastrophism, geology, biology, C14 dating, etc.
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'SERIOUS' ARCHAEOLOGY:
* The Amazing Worlds of Archaeology, Anthropology, & Ancient Civilizations
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
* Anthropology Resources on the Internet - a large variety of resources for
archaeology, including virtually all the mailing lists
* The Ancient World Web - Julia Hayden's magnificent guide to the
archaeology and history of the ancient world
* The History Of People: A Guide To Amateur Archaeology
* The Aztlan Mailing List Hosted at FAMSI -- The Foundation for the
Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., it is one of the oldest and
most respected listservs for Mesoamerican Prehistory.
* Archaeology for Teachers Various links
* Council for British Archaeology Internet Information Service - includes
several on-line journal sites and back issues of British Archaeology and
information about digging opportunities
* About.com guide to archaeology - Kris Hirst's excellent guide, including
an email newsletter and a web chat board. A must.
* The Megalithic Portal - News, articles and discussion - UK focussed.
* Archaeology: an introduction by Kevin Greene - A selection of Internet
links to supplement Kevin Greene's book Archaeology: an introduction
(1996) - covers The Idea Of The Past, Discovery, Fieldwork And Recording,
Excavation, Dating The Past, Science And Archaeology, Making Sense Of The
Past.
* An About.com review of Ken Feder's Linking to the Past A web-based
introductory archaeology text.
* Ancient Egypt and World PrehistoryMikey Brass's site, focussing on
Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt and human evolution
* UK Archaeology Opportunities digging opportunities and general information
on UK archaeology
* Current Archaeology 'Britain's Leading Archaeology Magazine' (An excellent
source for people looking for excavation experience) About to launch
Current World Archaeology.
* A Mesoamerican Archaeology WWW Page - "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
* Mike Ruggeri's Ancient America and Mesoamerica News and Links Presents
links to Mesoamerican cultures from the Olmecs to the Aztecs and
constantly updated New World News stories.
* The sci.archaeology.mesoamerican faq maintained by Doug Weller
* The posting guidelines for sci.archaeology.moderated
* Internet Archaeology - the first fully refereed electronic journal for
archaeology
* John Hoopes Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH 110/310)
* The Naked Science Society - "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..."
* Radiocarbon WEB-info - The best web site for C14 dating information --
online at the radiocarbon labs of Waikato and Oxford Universities
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OLD STUDIES OF VINLAND:
These are offered not as serious sources of information about Vinland but as
historical data about the study of Vinland. They are all .pdf files and will
need rotating clockwise to read. The papers by Marie Shipley and Luka Jelic
are very large and really need broadband to download.
Because of the file sizes, they are now all stored at
Fastmail
-- the link leads to my public directory there.
* the file 'Fischer_1903.pdf' is the first chapter of The discoveries of the
Norsemen in America, with special relation to their early cartographical
representation by Joseph Fischer ... translated from the German by Basil
H. Soulsby, 1903
* 'Jelic.pdf' is l'Evangelisation de l'Amerique avant Christophe Columb by
the Croation Friar Luka Jelic, 1891
* 'John_Shipley.pdf' is Récente découvertes sur les communications entre
l'Europe et lÁmérique au XVe siècle : nécrologie Madame Marie A. Shipley,
née Brown.b by John Shipley, 1902
* 'Mary_Shipley.pdf' is The Norse colonization in America by the light of
the Vatican finds by Shipley, Marie A., née Brown, 1899
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CULT ARCHAEOLOGY:
* Preliminary Bibliography on Cult Archaeology -- all suggestions welcome!
* The Archaeological Fantasies Podcast;s Join Sara Head and Doctors Ken
Feder and Jeb Card as they explore the wild world of pseudoarchaeology
* Archaeology Review - Carl Feagans' website - fringe, fantastic, and
fraudulent archaeology.
ANCIENT MAPS
* Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews
ANCIENT MAPS
* Jason Colavito's Skeptical blog, be sure to sign up for hie weekly
newsletter The Skeptical Xenoarchaeologist,.
ANCIENT MAPS
* The Map Room: A weblog about maps - Hoaxes & Controversies
* ANCIENT MAPS an Index of maps Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance 6,000 B.C.
- 1880 A.D.
* Classic Treasures Cartographic Treasures 250 to over 500 years old
* Oronteus Finaeus Map of 1532 - an article by Paul Heinrich (also mentions
Buache)
* The Oronteus Finaeus Map of 1532 - another article by Paul Heinrich (also
mentions Buache)
* The Oronteus Finaeus Map - "Piri Reis and the Columbian Theory", an
article from Aramco World Magazine by P. Lunde-- scroll down for this
article
* Re: Piri Reis Map
* A Corruption of European History - Buache's Map of 1739
* Columbus and the Piri Reis Map of 1513
An article by Gregory C. McIntosh from Mercator's World, May/June 2000 -
not available at the moment
* Minds in Ablation Part Five: Charting Imaginary Worlds - "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)
* Buache's Map of 1739 - An article by Paul Heinrich
* The Oronteus Finaeus Map of 1532, Atlantis in Antarctica, also by Paul
Heinrich
* Letter on Hapgood and Mallery A letter in Mercator's World discussing
Mallery, Hapgood, and Ancient Maps - not available at the moment
Gavin Menzies
* The '1421' myth exposed - an excellent website with articles, news, etc
* Lost Worlds: Current Issues Around the World Is Gavin Menzies' book now
foundering on rocks thrown by the critics? (2002-2006)
* Zheng He in the Americas and Other Unlikely Tales of Exploration and
Discovery by Mark Newbrook
* Popular History and Bunkum The book '1421, The Year China Discovered
America' is a fairytale & a fiction
- From the Maritime Asia website
PYRAMIDIOTS
* Pyramids, Pyramyths & Pyramidiots by the Australian skeptic Barry Williams
* PYRAMIDOLOGY - Piazzi Smyth's crusade against the metric system, religion
and pyramidology
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Miscellaneous
* The Paluxy Dinosaur/"Man Track" Controversy Glen Kuban's web site with a
collection of articles reviewing the history of the Paluxy controversy and
evidence involved, articles on other alleged out-of-order fossils and
artifacts
* The London Hammer Glen Kuban examines Creationist claims about a hammer
found near London, Texas
* Thomas's Report on the Discovery of the Bat Creek Stone - an excerpt from
the report by Cyrus Thomas
* THE BAT CREEK STONE: JUDEANS IN TENNESSEE? - an article by Robert C.
Mainfort, Jr. and Mary L. Kwas analysing claims for the Bat Creek Stone
* THE BAT CREEK FRAUD: A FINAL STATEMENT - an followup article by Robert C.
Mainfort, Jr. and Mary L. Kwas
* The Bat Creek Stone - an article by Lowell Kirk looking at the people
involved in the forgery
* Cult Archaeology at Rockwell - an article by James Cunliffe, Ph.D., a
Consulting Geologist, on claims for an ancient buried city in Texas
* The Hall of Ma'at - Exploring the concepts of mainstream and alternative
archaeologists and Egyptologists this site contains a treasure trove of
useful articles and message boards
* The Exposure of Pseudoscience - List of links by Mikey Brass (scroll down
on left for link)
* Notes on a Lecture by Graham Hancock - an article by Catherine Yronwode
* Atlantis, Mammoths, and Crustal Shift. - an article by Paul Heinrich
The Mortar and Pestle (Tertiary of California). - an article by Paul
Heinrich The Calaveras Skull Revisited (Tertiary of California). - an
article by Paul Heinrich The South African Grooved Sphere Controversy, 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]
The 15 000 Year Mistake An article by Charles E. Orser, Jr on Hancock's
mistakes conerning the dating of Tiwanaku
The Lost Civilization in Historical Perspective by Ken Feder An article by
the archaeologist Ken Feder
Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age: A review of Graham Hancock's TV series by
Nic Flemming, Director, Southampton Oceongraphy Centre
The Stoned Age An article by Duncan Edlin reviewing the evidence for
cocaine in mummies
Lost Civilizations Uncovered Jason Colavito's website with articles, news
and reviews concerning lost civilizations, focussing on critiques of the
fringe
The Dogon Revisited An article by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano
The Dogon and Sirius: a summary Summary of the arguments by Bernard R.
Ortiz de Montellano
Alleged Australian Egyptian Hieroglyphs An email discussion between an
Australian Egyptologist, Gregory P. Gilbert, and an Austraulian musician
inquiring about them An email discussion between an Australian
Egyptologist, Gregory P. Gilbert, and an Austraulian musician inquiring
about them
Creationism: The Hindu View Colin Groves' review of Forbidden Archeology
by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson.
Hidden History, Hidden Agenda A review by Bradley T. Lepper of The Hidden
History of the Human Race by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson.
Ancient Artefacts? The case of Sandia Cave A geologist analyses the claims
made in Forbidden Archeology for Sandia Cave Forbidden Archeology:
Antievolutionism Outside the Christian Arena Wade Tarzia's review of
Forbidden Archeology by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson.
Unforbidden Geology - The not so hidden history of Man from the often
overlooked geologic perspective, by Archae Solenhofen The Coso Artifact:
Mystery from the Depths of Time - Supposed 500000 years old sparkplug
shown to be 1920s Champion sparkplug Barry Fell and his claims that
Carrier is Celtic 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 Barry Fell and the Los
Lunas inscription An article by Virgil Brown Dispelling the myths about
the Old Copper CultureAn article by the Michigan Technological University
archaeologist Susan Martin Falling Into Burrows Cave - an analysis of the
Burrows Cave claims by Rick Flavin The "Ogham" Petroglyphs of West
Virginia The Council of West Virginia Archaeology web site examining
claims for Ogham in West Virginia besides the skeptical articles below it
includes articles by Barry Fell and others supporting his ideas
How Science Works - And How It Doesn't An article by Hunter Lesser from
West Virginia Archaeologist
Cult Archaeology Strikes Again: A Case for Pre-Columbian Irishmen in the
Mountain State?Another article by Hunter Lesser
A Linguistic Analysis of Some West Virginia Petroglyphs by Monroe
Oppenheimer and Willard Wirtz (1989) "A thorough critique of Fell's
interpretive methodology" with illustrations.
Madoc and John Dee:Welsh Myth and Elizabethan Imperialism An article by
Robert W. Barone from the Elizabethan Review A Critical Analysis of the
Oak Island Legend - an article by Dick Joltes about the Oak Island 'Money
Pit' Wyatt Archaeological Research Fraud Documentation This is a Christian
site giving some good arguments against the Creationist Ron Wyatt and his
claim to have found Noah's Ark in Turkey. Geological Comments on the
Japanese 'underwater pyramids' at Yonaguni The New Age of alternative
archaeology in Australia, an article by Peter Hiscock The Nazca
LinesSkeptical Inquirer article -- The Nazca Lines Revisited: Creation of
a Full-Sized Duplicate The Sitchin Index - 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 AN ASTRONOMER'S ANALYSIS OF THE [Sitchin's] AKKADIAN SEAL 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." A
Refutation of the Theories of ZECHARIA SITCHIN Articles by Ian Lawton --
scroll down the web page to find them. A Mesoamerican Archaeology WWW Page
- 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
The New England Antiquities Research Association - 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.
The Westford Knight Destroyed? - A preview of a report on the so-called
'Westford Knight'
Archaeological Forgeries and forgeries palentological, historical, et
cetera
‘Fringe’ or ‘Cult’ Archaeology - A web site by Chester archaeologist Keith
Matthews Olmec skeletons African? No, just poor scholarship 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. Saucer Smear - NOT an
archaeology page, in fact a UFO page by an extremely skeptical believer,
with the occasional relevant article.
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ROMAN BRITAIN: Birmingham Roman Roads Project
Romarch: Brittannia Not kept up to date, broken links
Sub-Roman Britain:A Guide to Online Resources Maintained by Dr.
Christopher A. Snyder as part of ORB, The Online Reference Book for
Medieval Studies Athena Review Guide to Archaeology on the Internet - a
good section on Roman Britain, with lots of other good links
Romano-British Index - more stuff from Athena Review
Roman Military Sites in Britain
Mike Bishop - Mike Bishop's home page, more Roman stuff
Centuries of Roman survival in the West - article from British Archaeology
by Ken Dark
Literate culture of `Dark Age' Britain - article from British Archaeology
by David Howlett
Roman roads that reshaped the land - article from British Archaeology by
Rob Witcher
The Roman Small Town at Shepton Mallet, Somerset - A project by the
Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit
The WROXETER HINTERLAND Project - A project by the Birmingham University
Field Archaeology Unit
ROMAN BRITAIN By Guy de la Bédoyère - The web site of the Romano-British
specialist Guy de la Bédoyère
The Roman Gask Project - the earliest Roman frontier in Britain and
perhaps the earlier Roman frontier anywhere!
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SOURCES FOR BOOKS, ETC ON ROMAN BRITAIN (see also Bibliofind above)
Oxbow Books - Specialist Booksellers and Publishers in Archaeology, Classical
and Medieval Studies
Doug Weller
Version 1.97 revised Sep 3 2019
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