ANTHROP 2PC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Egyptomania, Pseudoscience, Lara Croft
1 Feb 2016
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Definition: the study of past peoples through the discovery and scientific analysis of. Definition: the entirety of perspectives, images, memes, perspectives, attitudes, and other phenomenon within the mainstream of a given culture. Heavily influenced by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of people in society. Depictions of ancient peoples: the maya, cave dwellers, vikings, pirates, indians. Hugely successful/major films over the past 30 years. Archaeologists, excavations, discoveries from the central themes/backdrop/point of. This is a real popular culture bias that significantly influences public perception of who archaeologists are and what they do on a day-to-day basis. Peoples" knowledge on archaeology and ancient peoples is al based on what"s shown in pop culture. Studies have shown that the majority of people in the general public only know what they know about archaeology and past civilizations based on popular media.
