The story of archaeology in 50 great discoveries / Justin Pollard.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Quercus, 2007Description: 255 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports 28 cmISBN:- 1847241832
- CC 165 .P762 2007
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Reference | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference | CC 165 .P762 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3AEA0000307565 |
Amarna
Ancient Olympia
Antikythera Mechanism
Aztec Temple Mayor
Battle of Teuteoberg Forest
Belzone in Egypt
Catalhoyouk
Celuster's Last Stand
Cities of the Maya
Death of an Icunan
Easter Island
Flag Fen
Great Zimbabwe
Hallstat
Ice-Bond Aircraft of Greenland
Java Man
Kennewick Man
Khufu's Boat
Knossos
Lascaux
Lindo Moss
Lucy: Origin of our species
Machu Picchu
Maltas Hidden Prehistory
Medieval Novgorod
Niniveh and Nimial
Petra
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Port Royal
Rosetta Stone
Skara Brae
the Ameobury Archer.
the Ara Pacis
the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Death Pit of Ur
The First Australians
the Hoxne Flints
the Indus Valley Civilization
The Lady of Elx
The Mary Rose
the Serapeum
the Sutton Hoo & the Nazca Lines
the Terracotta Asnig
the Tomb of Tutankhamun
the Vindolanda Table
Tombs of the Altay Mountains
Troy
Wetherill and the Mid-West
Tells the story of modern archeology from its earliest beginning to the present through 50 chronologically arranged profiles of iconic excavation-from the DEad Sea Scrolls to the Death Pit of Ur, from Machu Picchu to the Mary Rose, and from Hexone to Hallstat. Some of the discoveries of the Swahbuckling lype-lost tombs filled with precious artifacts-but others consist of bricks and pieces of flint and pottery which have, in the story they tell, proved yet rare and more valuble. Broken pots and test-tubes of ancient pollen can, after all be just as much treasure as the mask of Tutankhamun, for they tell a part of the story and they help man understands who he is and how he got here. Each site is accompanied by boxed features shedding light on the archeological techniques used then and now, describing the cultures that have been discovered and telling the personal stories of the people who discovered them. Helpful locator maps informative timelineare included for every site. Profiled sites include: Angkor Wat
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