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Retraction and Reflection: The Gunung Padang Controversy and the Challenges of Peer Review in Archaeological Prospection

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Gunung Padang

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Eileen G. Ernenwein's 2025 peer-review and archaeological-prospection reflection; use for how geophysical methods and review failures can be recruited into fringe narratives, not as a substitute for excavation data.

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The claim that Gunung Padang is an extremely ancient buried pyramid was advanced in AT-1187, which is retracted and is not live supporting evidence.

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