The Highest Common Factor: Heterodox Archaeology and the Perennialist Milieu

This article differentiates two universalist rhetorical strategies in common use among producers of alternative archaeological narratives: hyperdiffusionism and perennialism. Both strategies seek to account for perceived similarities in archaeological monuments worldwide by tracing them to a single...

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Main Author: Whitesides, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press [2019]
In: Nova religio
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 27-43
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Archaeology / Findings / Similarity / Explanation / Spread of / Cultural contact / Philosophia perennis / Esotericism
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Perennialism
B alternative archaeology
B cultic milieu
B Reception History
B hyperdiffusion
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