Scientific and scholarly responses to other claims of post-prehistory, pre-Columbian transoceanic contact have varied. Some of these claims are examined in reputable peer-reviewed sources. Many others are based only on circumstantial or ambiguous interpretations of archaeological evidence, the discovery of alleged out-of-place artifacts, superficial cultural comparisons, comments in historical documents, or narrative accounts. These have been dismissed as fringe science, pseudoarchaeology, or pseudohistory.
Scientific and scholarly responses to other claims of post-prehistory, pre-Columbian transoceanic contact have varied Some of these claims are examined in reputable peer-reviewed sources Many others are b.ased only on circumstantial or ambiguous interpretations of archaeological evidence, .the discovery of alleged out-of-place artifact.s, superficial cultural comparisons, comments in historical documents, or narrative accounts. These have been dismissed as fringe science, pseudoarchaeology, or pseudohistory