Concept information
Preferred term
Cardiff Giant hoax
Definition
- The Cardiff Giant hoax involved a large stone figure, advertised as a petrified giant man. The Giant is of anthropological interest both as a classic example of a hoax and as a source of insight regarding the interaction of popular and scientific conceptions of human prehistory. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Cardiff Giant Hoax]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Cardiff_Giant_hoax
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