About

My name is Steven K. Wilson and I am an Applied Anthropology graduate student at the University of North Texas. I started this blog as my final project for Dr. R. Jeffrey Frost’s Myths and Mysteries in Archaeology class while pursuing my Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology at the University of Texas in Arlington in the Fall of 2009. I plan to explore how ancient astronaut theory is presented in various forms of mass media such as broadcasting, print, entertainment (film and television) and the internet. I hope to not only discuss the presentation of this idea, but provide my readers with sound archaeological evidence to distinguish between science and science fiction.

In January 2010, I decided to continue the blog in a limited sense with about two posts per month. I want to further address the topics that surround what I believe to be an erroneous and offensive explanation of the achievements humanity. I will continue look at fictional representations of ancient astronaut theory as well as the real-life work of researchers that foster the claims of the theory. I will also expand on other artistic representations of the theory such as music and video games. Also, more attention will be paid to other forms of pseudoscience, conspiracy theories and their sociocultural impact.

UPDATE: December 4, 2010

A word about Wikipedia…

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As a regular reader or a first time visitor, you may have noticed that I use quite a few links and references from wikipedia.org. I understand that most people have little or no confidence in the accuracy of Wikipedia based on the open-source nature of its content. However, I have found it to be fairly reliable and an especially good source as a general starting point for almost any topic. I have only noticed blatantly inaccurate posts in the form of pranks concerning the pages of political figures, which are continuously corrected by the multitudes of volunteer moderator/editors of the site. With this in mind, I will continue to use Wikipedia as one of the many sources for this blog, which is by no means a strictly academic endeavor.