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The enduring myth of Atlantis is an amazing example of probable history turned fable and developing a life of its own. While the subject is vast, a careful synopsis of new tales and discoveries will be presented and contrasted with the Hall of the Ancients - a purported repository of ancient documents believed to be located at Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Belief systems and archaeological data will be examined to understand the interplay between fact and fiction. SAA 2015 abstracts made available...
Uncovering the "Lost Land": The Archaeology of Conspiracism and New Age Spirituality in Southern British Columbia (2023)
This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Aquarian Foundation was a large conspiritual organization from 1927 to 1933, whose primary settlements were constructed across three islands off the south coast of British Columbia, Canada. Led by a man known as Brother XII, the self-described purpose of the organization was to transition humanity into the sixth sub-race of the fifth Root Race as described by Theosophical occultist...