Lost Tribes & Sunken Continents; Myth and Method in the Study of American Indians

By R. Wauchope

Study of American Indians, Myth and Method This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226876357
• ISBN13: 9780226876351
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

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The Crack Pots of Archaeology

"Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents: Myth and Method in the Study of the American Indians." This brilliant 137-page book should not be missed by anyone interested in the archaeology of ancient America. There is an excellent chapter on "Lost Tribes and the Mormons" and another chapter on "Kon-Tiki and the Linguistic Acrobats." This last chapter is interesting because Hugh Nibley, the Mormon professor, used all the false techniques outlined by Wauchope. See: "Since Cumorah," by Hugh Nibley. Click here, then scroll down to read my review: Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the modern world The following outlines the technique for proving any theory about the origins of an ancient civilization: Take a word and trace it back to the beginning of time. This will produce a ton of commentary for a book. In addition, your book will sound learned. The catch is that you will not have proved anything. Professor Nibley did this with words found in the Book of Mormon. Naturally, because many of these words have biblical roots, he made all kinds of connections with the ancient world. Note the chapter on "Kon Tiki" (above): In the July 2002 issue of the "Smithsonian" magazine (p. 26), there was an article on Thor Heyerdahl entitled "Kon Artist?". The author proved that Thor Heyerdahl had actually paid an Easter Island native to manufacture models of reed boats, which Heyerdahl then claimed were ancient relics. It is amusing that Wauchope outlined what he called a crack-pot idea for the origins of the American ideas. "Perhaps the most popular theory about the American Indian origins derives the famous ancient civilizations of Mexico, Central America, and the Andes from Egypt." NOTE: Wauchope was just stating a theory he rejected. In "These Early Americans," Mormon author Paul R. Cheesman later quoted Wauchope as if he supported this view! "Robert Wauchope, a well-known scientist, summarized his feelings concerning the origin of the civilizations of the New World" (p. 24).THESE EARLY AMERICANS External Evidence of the Book of Mormon Click on the following link to read my review of another great book that debunks the crackpots--"The Mound Builders: The Archaeology of a Myth," by Robert Silverberg. Mound Builders