ANT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Middle Eastern Studies, Underwater Archaeology, Pseudoscience
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A pseudoscience is a set of ideas put forth as scientific when they are not scientific. Some claims of pseudoscience rely on myths and legends for their claims to validity. Or part of classical studies (greek and roman history) Or part of near & middle eastern studies) Underwater archaeology is included in all of these. Archaeology is the study of humans their past ways of life by examining the remains, artifacts and evidence of those lifeway"s, often recovered from the ground or from underwater. Archaeology is concerned with people in the past and information about them. The things people add their artifacts are not what is important in archaeology. The information we can learn about people studying their artifacts is what is important. A professional archaeologist, in canada is a person who has studied archaeology and who receives a license or permit from the government to do archaeological research.
