Archaeology, Popular Culture And Misconceptions

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The literature found on the subjects of archaeology, popular culture, and museums serves to supplement the data collected by the author through a series of three surveys, as outlined in the methodology presented in chapter three. These surveys, whose analyses can be read in chapter four, were conducted at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and nationally through the online platform Google Sheets. These surveys sought to uncover what kinds of misconceptions museum educators are aware of that are held by the participants of these archaeological programs. Copies of these surveys can be found in the appendix. The backgrounds and resources available to these museum educators further illustrated the kind of archaeological

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