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Very Short Introductions #10: Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction by Paul G Bahn Publisher Comments Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects -- from Islam to Sociology, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle by Jason Thompson Publisher Comments Following in the footsteps of Napoleon' army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $26.62 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Archaeology :a very short introduction by Paul G Bahn Review "Few introductory volumes on archaeology have covered the entire scope of the field in as lively and entertaining a fashion as this short book....It would be useful as a reader in introductory archaeology classes. Professional archaeologists should also... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology by Paul G Bahn Publisher Comments This is the fullest and most authoritative single-volume account of archaeology from the earliest discoveries to the great excavations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Lavishly illustrated throughout and global in scope, it tells the story of... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest Archaeological Mysteries by Josh Bernstein Publisher Comments Bernstein, host of The History Channels hit series "Digging for the Truth," takes readers beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing places on the planet.... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology by C W Ceram Publisher Comments C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his past, reads like a dramatic narrative. We travel with Heinrich Schliemann as, defying the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Uncovering the Past: A History of Archaeology by William H Stiebing Publisher Comments When one hears the words "archaeology" or "archaeologist," often what comes to mind is an image of a romantic figure: Indiana Jones exploring exotic places in search of treasure and adventure. Indeed, novels, movies, and many popular accounts of... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford Companion to Archaeology by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments When we think of archaeology, most of us think first of its many spectacular finds: the legendary city of Troy, Tutankhamun's golden tomb, the three-million-year-old footprints at Laetoli, the mile-high city at Machu Picchu, the cave paintings at Lascaux.... (read more) List Price $98.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Digging Through Darkness: Chronicles of an Archaeologist by Carmel Schrire Publisher Comments In Digging Through Darknes, Carmel Schrire interweaves art andfact to recreate a distant world. Tracking the broad sweep of European expansioninto Africa, Australia, and the Pacific, Schrire focuses on the evidence unearthedin archaeological sites... (read more) List Price $29.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Ancient Mysteries by Peter James Synopsis Today, DNA testing and other cutting-edge tools guide people closer to the truth about baffling mysteries of the past. In their latest work, James and Thorpe tackle age-old conundrums, presenting the latest information from the scientific community and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Oriental Institute 2010-2011 Annual Report by Gil Stein Publisher Comments The Oriental Institute Annual Reports contain yearly summaries of the activities of the Institute's faculty, staff, and reseatch projects, as well as descriptions of special events and other Institute functions. The reports are complimentary to Members... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest Archaeological Mysteries by Josh Bernstein Publisher Comments Josh Bernstein, host of The History Channel's hit series Digging for The Truth, takesreaders beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing, remote, and physically challenging locations on the planet as... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Images of the Recent Past: Readings in Historical Archaeology by Charles E Orser Synopsis Historical archaeology has been without a definitive, up-to-date collection that reflects the breadth of the field_until now. Orser's book brings together classic and contemporary articles that demonstrate the development of the field over the last... (read more) List Price $51.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Accidental archaeologist :memoirs of Jesse D. Jennings by Jesse D Jennings Publisher Comments In his new book, The Glen Canyon Country, archaeologist Don D. Fowler shares the history of a place and the peoples who sojourned there over the course of several thousand years. To tell this story, he weaves his personal experience as a student working... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Discovering Our Past by Wendy Ashmore Publisher Comments This brief, inexpensive introduction to the techniques, methods, and theoretical frameworks of contemporary archaeology follows the same organizing principle as the text Archaeology: Discovering Our Past but features less detail. Archaeological methods... (read more) List Price $65.50 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle by Jaon Thompson Publisher Comments Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Eyewitness to Discovery: First-Person Accounts of More Than Fifty of the World's Greatest Archaeological Discoveries by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments Archaeology has an aura of romance and a long history of startling discoveries wrested from clinging soil. Indeed, patience and persistence can lead to spectacular finds, as they did for Howard Carter in November 1922. After seven years searching the... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Hardcover
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My Dura-Europos: The Letters of Susan M. Hopkins, 1927-1935 by Susan M Hopkins List Price $39.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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Fortune and Glory: Tales of History's Greatest Archaeological Adventures by Douglas Palmer List Price $16.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dessert Days: My Life as a Field Archaeologist by Fred Wendorf Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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