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A Little History of Archaeology

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- chapter 1 The 'Backward-Looking Curiosity' -- chapter 2 Donkeys and Pharaohs -- chapter 3 Reading Ancient Egypt -- chapter 4 Digging into Nineveh -- chapter 5 Tablets and Tunnelling -- chapter 6...

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Main Author: Fagan, Brian M. (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press , 2018
Series:Little Histories Ser
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=5555347
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: A Little History of Archaeology
E-Book Packages:ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection
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Summary:Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- chapter 1 The 'Backward-Looking Curiosity' -- chapter 2 Donkeys and Pharaohs -- chapter 3 Reading Ancient Egypt -- chapter 4 Digging into Nineveh -- chapter 5 Tablets and Tunnelling -- chapter 6 The Maya Revealed -- chapter 7 Axes and Elephants -- chapter 8 A Huge Turning Point -- chapter 9 The Three Ages -- chapter 10 Stone Age Hunters in an Icy World -- chapter 11 Across the Ages -- chapter 12 The Myth of the Mound Builders -- chapter 13 'Stepping into the Unknown' -- chapter 14 Toros! Toros! -- chapter 15 Searching for Homer's Heroes -- chapter 16 'Organised Common Sense' -- chapter 17 The Small and Unspectacular -- chapter 18 The Palace of the Minotaur -- chapter 19 Not 'Men's Work' -- chapter 20 Mud Bricks and a Flood -- chapter 21 'Wonderful Things' -- chapter 22 A Palace Fit for a Chief -- chapter 23 East and West -- chapter 24 Shell Heaps, Pueblos and Tree Rings -- chapter 25 A Fire-Breathing Giant -- chapter 26 Around the River Bend -- chapter 27 Dating the Ages -- chapter 28 Ecology and World Prehistory -- chapter 29 'Dear Boy!' -- chapter 30 The First Farmers -- chapter 31 Defending the Emperor -- chapter 32 Underwater Archaeology -- chapter 33 Meeting the Colonists -- chapter 34 The Ice Man and Others -- chapter 35 Warrior-Priests of the Moche -- chapter 36 Tunnelling for the Cosmos -- chapter 37 Çatalhöyük -- chapter 38 Looking in the Landscape -- chapter 39 Shining a Light on the Invisible -- chapter 40 Archaeology Today and Tomorrow -- Index.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (289 pages)
ISBN:9780300235289