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Bad Archaeology
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Berlitz, C 1981 Doomsday 1999 AD. London: Souvenir
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Charroux, R 1979 [1967] Masters of the world. Translation © 1974 Berkley Publishing Corporation. London: Sphere
Childress, D H 1995 Extraterrestrial archaeology. Second edition. Stelle (Illinois): Adventures Unlimited Press
Cope, J 1998 The modern antiquarian: a pre-millennial odyssey through megalithic Britain, including a gazetteer to over 300 prehistoric sites. London: Harper Collins
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Cremo, M A & Thompson, R L 1994 Forbidden archeology: the hidden history of the human race. San Diego: Govardham Hill
Cremo, M A 1998 “Forbidden Archeology’s” impact: how a controversial new book shocked the scientific community and became an underground classic. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
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von Däniken, E 1969 Chariots of the gods? Unsolved mysteries of the past. Translated by Michael Heron. London: Souvenir
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Wilson, C 1978 Mysteries: an investigation into the occult, the paranormal and the supernatural. London: Hodder & Stoughton
Wilson, C 1997 From Atlantis to the sphinx: recovering the lost wisdom of the ancient world. London: VirginDebunking Bad Archaeology
Bird, S E 1992 For enquiring minds: a cultural study of supermarket tabloids. University of Tennessee Press
Carew, M 2003 Tara and the Ark of the Covenant: a search for the Ark of the Covenant by British-Israelites on the Hill of Tara. Dublin: RIA/Discovery Programme
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Fagan, G G & Feder, K L 2006 Crusading against straw men: an alternative view of alternative archaeologies, response to Holtorf (2005). World Archaeology 38 (4), 718-29
Feder, K 1994 Review of Forbidden archeology: the hidden history of the human race. Geoarchaeology 9 (4), 337-340
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Harrison, W 1971 Atlantis undiscovered – Bimini. Nature 230, 287-89
Harrold, F B & Eve, R A (eds) 1995 Cult archaeology and creationism: understanding pseudoscientific beliefs about the past. Expanded edition. Iowa City: University of Iowa PressHoltorf, C 2005 Beyond crusades: how (not) to engage with alternative archaeologies. World Archaeology 37 (4), 544-51
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Kuban, G 1989 Retracking those incredible mantracks. National Center for Science Education Reports 94 (4), 13-16
Lefkowitz, M 1997 Not out of Africa: how Afrocentrism became an excuse to teach myth as history. New York: Basic BooksLevitt, N 2006 The colonization of the past and the pedagogy of the future. In:
Marks, J 1994 Review of Forbidden archeology: the hidden history of the human race. Am J Phys Anthropol 93 (1), 140-1
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Plimer, I 1994 Telling lies for God: reason vs creationism. Sydney; Random House Australia Pty Ltd
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Russell, M 2003 Piltdown man: the secret life of Charles Dawson and the world’s greatest archaeological hoax. Stroud: TempusSchadla-Hall, T 2004 The comforts of unreason: the importance and relevance of alternative archaeology. In: 
Story, R 1976 The space-gods revealed: a close look at the theories of Erich von Daniken. London: Harper & RowTarzia, W 1994 Forbidden archeology: antievolutionism outside the Christian arena. Creation/Evolution 14 (1), 13-25
Thiering, B & Castle, E W (eds) 1972 Some trust in chariots: sixteen views on Erich von Daniken’s “Chariots of the Gods”. Folkestone: Bailey & Swinfen
Williams, S 1991 Fantastic archaeology: the wild side of North American prehistory. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania University Press
Good Archaeology
Daniel, G (ed) 1955 Myth or legend? London: G Bell and Sons
Daniel, G 1992 Writing for Antiquity: an anthology of editorials from Antiquity. London: Thames and Hudson
de Laet, S J 1957 Archaeology and its problems. Translated by Ruth Daniel with a foreword by Glyn E Daniel. London: Phoenix HouseEmbree, L 1987 Archaeology: the most basic science of all. Antiquity 61, 75-8
Renfrew, C & Bahn, P 2004 Archaeology: theories, methods and practice. 4th edition. London: Thames & HudsonOther resources
Abell, G O & Singer, B (eds) 1981 Science and the paranormal: probing the existence of the supernatural. London: Junction Books
Carroll, R T 2003 The skeptic’s dictionary: a collection of strange beliefs, amusing deceptions and dangerous delusions. Wiley
Dawkins, R 1998 Unweaving the rainbow: science, delusion and the appetite for wonder. London: Allen Lane
Medawar, P 1996 The strange case of the spotted mice (and other classic essays on science). Oxford: Oxford University Press
Sokal, A & Bricmont, J 1998 Intellectual impostures: postmodern philosophers’ abuse of science. London: Profile BooksThis page was last updated on 28 August 2007
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