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Bezig met laden... Beardmore: The Viking Hoax that Rewrote History (Carleton Library Series)door Douglas Hunter
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This book can clearly be regarded as a tour de force of impeccable research if you are a Canadian interested in this particular archaeological hoax from the 1930s, or if you live in the area of the 'crime scene'. It is impressively detailed. In fact, it is so densely filled with names, dates and detailed data that I, as a general reader with a special interest in hoaxes, almost lost the thread many times. It was hard going. Still, thorough research should always be commended, so I would give 6 stars for that if I could, but only 2 or 3 for readability. I'm sure this story could have been told in a more amusing way. It has all the elements that is needed for a fascinating and entertaining story But being an academic book for academics by an academic, it's probably just as it should be. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In 1936, long before the discovery of the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, the Royal Ontario Museum made a sensational acquisition: the contents of a Viking grave that prospector Eddy Dodd said he had found on his mining claim east of Lake Nipigon. The relics remained on display for two decades, challenging understandings of when and where Europeans first reached the Americas. In 1956 the discovery was exposed as an unquestionable hoax, tarnishing the reputation of the museum director, Charles Trick Currelly, who had acquired the relics and insisted on their authenticity. Drawing on an array of archival sources, Douglas Hunter reconstructs the notorious hoax and its many players. Beardmore unfolds like a detective story as the author sifts through the voluminous evidence and follows the efforts of two unlikely debunkers, high-school teacher Teddy Elliott and government geologist T.L. Tanton, who find themselves up against Currelly and his scholarly allies. Along the way, the controversy draws in a who ?s who of international figures in archaeology, Scandinavian studies, and the museum world, including anthropologist Edmund Carpenter, whose mid-1950s crusade against the find ?s authenticity finally convinced scholars and curators that the grave was a fraud. Shedding light on museum practices and the state of the historical and archaeological professions in the mid-twentieth century, Beardmore offers an unparalleled view inside a major museum scandal to show how power can be exercised across professional networks and hamper efforts to arrive at the truth. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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