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New Arrivals $24.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking (American Experience in Archaeological Perspective) Frederick H Smith $78.75 Trade Paper add to wishlist Historical Topography of Samarra Alastair Northedge $29.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Inconstant Companions: Archaeology and North American Indian Oral Traditions (Religion and American Culture) Ronald J. Mason $86.95 Hardcover add to wishlist Revolutionary Economies: What Archaeology Reveals about the Birth of American Capitalism Thomas W. Cuddy $18.00 Trade Paper add to wishlist The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Penguin Classics) E. A. Wallis Budge $36.75 Trade Paper add to wishlist Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade (Cultural Heritage Studies) Neil (edt) Brodie $34.00 Hardcover add to wishlist The Princeton Dictionary of Ancient Egypt Ian Shaw $76.25 Hardcover add to wishlist Thunder and Herds: Rock Art of the High Plains Lawrence L. Loendorf $76.25 Hardcover add to wishlist The Tira de Tepechpan: Negotiating Place Under Aztec and Spanish Rule Lori Boornazian Diel $19.95 Hardcover add to wishlist Stonehenge (Wonders of the World) Rosemary Hill $50.00 Hardcover add to wishlist The Royal Mummies: Immortality in Ancient Egypt Zahi (int) Hawass $13.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Early Anglo-Saxon Coins (Shire Archaeology) Gareth Williams New World 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann Powells.com Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to... (read more) Your Price $15.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies Sale Books Incas People of the Sun by Carmen Bernard Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) Browse more featured Sale titles Used Books The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language by Christine Kenneally Powells.com Staff Pick The First Word is a fascinating search for the origins of language, which takes the reader through genetics, evolution, and the process of defining language itself. Christine Kenneally is a capable guide to answering this difficult and complex question... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your Price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) Browse more featured Used titles Sign up to get our most recent used additions in Archaeology to your inbox Mayas Popol Vuh : The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of Gods and Kings by Dennis Tedlock Publisher Comments Popol Vuh, the Quiché Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a... (read more) Your Price $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper check for used copies General The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man's Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt's Greatest Mystery by Bob Brier Publisher Comments Nine years ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuries-old mystery of how the Great Pyramid was built. For ten hours a day, he labored at his computer to create exquisitely detailed 3-D models of the interior of the Great... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $17.46 Sale - Hardcover check for used copies Aztecs Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs (Brassey's Military Profiles) by Peter Tsouras Publisher Comments He surrendered the throne of his forefathers and an empire to... (read more) Your Price $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper check for used copies Egypt Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Ian Shaw Publisher Comments Examines the impact of Egyptology on various aspects of popular culture such as cinema, fiction writing and opera.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your Price $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper check for used copies World Prehistory Fingerprints of the Gods (95 Edition) by Graham Hancock Publisher Comments The bestselling author of The Sign and the Seal reveals the true origins of civilization. Connecting puzzling clues scattered throughout the world, Hancock discovers compelling evidence of a technologically and culturally advanced civilization that was... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $11.00 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies Europe Cave of Altamira by Pedro A Saura Ramos Synopsis This volume offers a fresh look at one the finest surviving works of Palaeoithic art: the paintings in the cave of Altamira in Northern Spain. Charts, maps and descriptions guide the readers through the cave chamber by chamber, and theories on the... (read more) Your Price $24.98 Sale - Hardcover check for used copies Ancient Languages Story of Writing : Alphabets, Hieroglyphs, & Pictograms (Rev 07 Edition) by Andrew Robinson Publisher Comments A succinct, absorbing and well-illustrated book which traces the history of each of the major writing systems of the world. This revised edition also includes a new section on the latest findings and research, and discusses the ways in which the digital... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $13.00 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies Underwater Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder Publisher Comments In September 1857, the S.S. Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying passengers returning from the gold fields of California, went down during a hurricane off the Carolina coast. More than 400 men — and 21 tons of gold — were lost. In the... (read more) Your Price $4.95 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies Incas and Peru White Rock by Hugh Thomson Publisher Comments With the backdrop of the Andes mountains, Thomson's intoxicating history of the Inca people and their heartland is a thrilling mix of information and adventure. 45 photos.... (read more) Your Price $16.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies

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