‘the distortion of archaeology and what we can do about it’ by eric cline

bible and interpretation has published dr. eric cline’s new article entitled, ‘the distortion of archaeology and what we can do about it: a brief note on progress made and yet to be made.’ in the article, dr. cline laments the trend towards the sensationalism of archaeological claims made by amateur archaeologists, hacks, fakes, and scholars who should know better, and the media’s use of this quackery to sell books and magazines and drive traffic to television documentaries and internet sites.

dr. cline then details how some archaeologists are working hard to expose this nonsense, critique and correct the false claims, and re-establish legitimate archaeology as a science and not as a field held hostage by those who use the media and internet to drive minority opinions, spurious claims, and outright unsustainable theories.

give it a read.