ANT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lascaux, Gypsum
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Fujimura"s motivations: $, pride, group security & colleagues. Scientific method was not applied to pre 40,000-year-old sites -> hypothesis not stated, but simple/superficial testing, no interdisciplinary analysis, no debate. Legend of giants: ancient greece & rome -> dino bones. Made ,000 in admissions, ,000 from investors and received a million offer from p. t. Hoax uncovered: newell bragged, scientists examined it: made from gypsum, visible marks from masons, 370 days of weathering. Public wanted to believe (david & goliath), no sense of prehistoric past, financial gain for cardiff, love of mystery. Solid muldoon: found in 1877, made by hull, thought to be ancient art. Rules of a hoax: give people what they want (desire to believe trumps skepticism, don"t be too successful (builds resentment, learn from your mistakes (criticisms, how to avoid getting caught) Chuavet (discovered in 1994): 36,000 bp, then 2nd phase dates to 33,000-30,000 years ago.
