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| Author | : Fiona Macdonald |
| Publisher | : Heinemann-Raintree Library |
| Total Pages | : 50 |
| Release | : 2014-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1410954196 |
Presents well-known archaeologists, including Howard Carter, who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb, Walter Alva, who discovered the treasure of Sipan, in Peru, and Constanza Ceruti, one of the discoverers of the child mummies found on a mountaintop in Chile.
| Author | : Brian M. Fagan |
| Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
| Total Pages | : 641 |
| Release | : 2014-09-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0500772371 |
The story of how lost civilizations, buried cities, and ancient scripts were rediscovered for the modern age, as seen through the lives and exploits of the great archaeologists who made these phenomenal finds The Great Archaeologists takes the reader on a journey from the first attempt to establish just how ancient the "ancient past" really was, through the revelatory discovery of lost civilizations and unknown cultures, right up to today’s search for explanations about the past. We meet Thomsen and Worsaae, Danish researchers and rivals, and Sanz de Sautuola and Abbé Breuil, who astonished the world with their discoveries of cave art. Controversial figures such as Heinrich Schliemann and the Hungarian Aurel Stein, plunderer of ancient manuscripts from Central Asia, are given new assessments. Little-known pioneers such as Max Uhle in Peru and Li Chi in China are set beside the giants in the field—from Koldewey, Dörpfeld, and Woolley in the Near East, to Louis and Mary Leakey, who transformed knowledge of our African ancestry. Other indomitable women include Gertrude Bell, Kathleen Kenyon, and the script-decipherer Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Brian Fagan has assembled a team of some of the world’s greatest living archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly about their distinguished predecessors in this handsome volume, full of fascinating anecdotes, personal accounts, and unexpected insights.
| Author | : William Scheller |
| Publisher | : The Oliver Press, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 1994-05-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781881508175 |
Each chapter discusses a major archaeological find, such as King Tut's tomb, the walls of Troy, and the city of Jericho, and profiles the key individuals involved
| Author | : Paul G. Bahn |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Archaeology |
| ISBN | : 9780760700709 |
Brief presentations of one hundred famous archeological sites and discoveries, including the first humans and early civilizations.
| Author | : Sarah Parcak |
| Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 231 |
| Release | : 2019-07-09 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1250198291 |
Winner of Archaeological Institute of America's Felicia A. Holton Book Award • Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Science • An Amazon Best Science Book of 2019 • A Science Friday Best Science Book of 2019 • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 • A Science News Best Book of 2019 • Nature's Top Ten Books of 2019 "A crash course in the amazing new science of space archaeology that only Sarah Parcak can give. This book will awaken the explorer in all of us." ?Chris Anderson, Head of TED National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak gives readers a personal tour of the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting, but urgently essential to the preservation of the world’s ancient treasures. Parcak has worked in twelve countries and four continents, using multispectral and high-resolution satellite imagery to identify thousands of previously unknown settlements, roads, fortresses, palaces, tombs, and even potential pyramids. From there, her stories take us back in time and across borders, into the day-to-day lives of ancient humans whose traits and genes we share. And she shows us that if we heed the lessons of the past, we can shape a vibrant future. Includes Illustrations
| Author | : Michael A. Cremo |
| Publisher | : Bhaktivedanta Book Trust |
| Total Pages | : 968 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Over the centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts proving that humans like us have existed for millions of years. Mainstream science, however, has supppressed these facts. Prejudices based on current scientific theory act as a knowledge filter, giving us a picture of prehistory that is largely incorrect.
| Author | : Amanda Adams |
| Publisher | : Greystone Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1553654331 |
Adams chronicles the contributions that women have made to the science of archaeology, by focusing on seven women-- some famous, some overlooked.
| Author | : Stephen Williams |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780812213126 |
The landscape of the nineteenth century, Williams asserts, is dotted with fakes, frauds, and humbugs whose fantastic claims of purported findings would make even P. T. Barnum blush. In Fantastic Archaeology, Williams takes them all on with gusto—illuminating, debunking, and instructing on the modes, methods, manners, and manifestations of American archaeology through the past two centuries. The author begins his walk on the wild side of North American archaeology with a fascinating introduction to the continent's real past. Then, acting as detective, he answers the questions, Who Found It? Who Done It? Who Twisted the Facts? From solemn old professionals like Samuel Haven to eccentric "odd fishes" like Constantine Rafinesque, from brash "free thinkers" like Harold S. Gladwin to stoic strategists like A. V. Kidder, Williams enthusiastically portrays them all. The big issues are here, too: the quest for the first Americans, the transoceanic search for links to distant civilizations, and the meaning of ancient writings. From monstrous stone giants to mysterious messages from the past, right up to the real story of America's archaeological past, the author unearths a wondrous tale that will amaze, delight, and inform professional and general readers alike.
| Author | : Jane McIntosh |
| Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Archaeology |
| ISBN | : 9780679865728 |
Illus. with full-color photos. Take a close-up look at the science and technology of digging up the past--from the 1970 excavation of the legendary city of Troy to the recent find of a Chinese emperor's long-lost grave.
| Author | : Clive Gamble |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Archaeology |
| ISBN | : 0415221536 |
A must for anyone considering the study of archaeology, this text is designed to provide the reader with everything they should know when embarking on an archaeological course, whether A-Level or first year undergraduate.
