This profile aggregates publicly documented information and makes no unsubstantiated claims about motive or character.

Profile under review — content may be incomplete pending editorial verification.

v

van Beek

Academic

Van Beek's 1991 re-examination of the Dogon-Sirius controversy is cited as an example of scholarly correction that failed to dislodge claims already embedded in fringe literature.

anthropologist whose 1991 fieldwork challenged Griaule's Dogon-Sirius claims

Quick Facts