The Great Archaeologists

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2014
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-05181-8 (ISBN)

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A gripping account of 200 years of archaeological research, excavation and thought, told through the life stories of 70 of the world’s greatest pioneers and practitioners.

Organized into six thematic sections, The Great Archaeologists gives short, vivid biographies and fresh assessments of the achievements of 70 of the world’s greatest practitioners, written by a 40-strong team of contributors, themselves all eminent archaeologists and authors. All these archaeologists – very different individuals, and often in deep disagreement with one another – have established the subject as a scientific discipline and vastly broadened and deepened our knowledge of the human past. Authoritative and entertaining, this is a book for anyone fascinated by the human past and its discovery.

Brian Fagan is Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author or editor of forty-six books, including Ancient North America, Discovery! and The Complete Ice Age, as well as seven widely used undergraduate college texts. He is a contributing editor to American Archaeology and Discover Archaeology magazines, and formerly wrote a regular column for Archaeology magazine.

The Antiquity of Humankid • Discoverers of Ancient Civilizations • The Art of Excavation • Decipherers of Ancient Scripts • Discovering World Prehistory • Thinking about the Past • Maps • Contributors • Further Reading • Sources of Illustrations • Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2014
Zusatzinfo	13 Illustrations, black and white; 188 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	186 x 246 mm
Gewicht	1170 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-500-05181-X / 050005181X
ISBN-13	978-0-500-05181-8 / 9780500051818
Zustand	Neuware