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In the book Public Archaeology, the archaeologist Tim Schadla-Hall, referring to the book as an example of pseudo-science, says that the authors "quote established academics in such a way as to make it seem as though they support their arguments". The geology in the book is based on Tollmann's hypothetical bolide which has been rejected by specialists in meteorite and comet impacts.
"I believe that the astronomical basis of this book is sufficiently flawed as to render any conclusions that the authors draw from it to be highly suspect." ~ Stephen Tonkin
Similarly, in his "Hengeworld", archaeologist Mike Pitts (Pitts, 2000:173), argues that it is "containing what we might politely call a radically alternative approach to Grooved Ware pottery ('there is evidence which suggests that the Grooved Ware People did produce giants who settled in China')". He also point out that its bibliography contains "such items as Myths and Legends of Australia, Robert the Bruce and The Pleistocene Elephants of Siberia, but not a single primary archaeological source for England (where, it has to be said, a great deal of Grooved Ware has been found)."
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