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First Fossil Hunters : Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times (00 Edition)
by Adrienne Mayor  Publisher Comments Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were...
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Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice
by Colin Renfrew Publisher Comments Fourth edition. The bestselling introduction to what archaeologists do and how they do it - completely revised, redesigned and brought utterly up to date. Good basic stock....
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The discovery of Dura-Europos
by Clark Hopkins Publisher Comments From the third century A.D. until the 1920s, the ancient city of Dura, which the Greeks called Europos, lay covered by the sands of time. Today, hardly a book that touches on the ancient Eastern Mediterranean or on the development of art and religion in...
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The Mummies of Ürümchi
by Elizabeth Wayland Barber Publisher Comments In the museums of Urumchi, the windswept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region in Western China -- what we know as Chinese Turkestan -- a collection of ancient mummies lay at the center of an enormous mystery. Some of Urumchi's mummies date...
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The Archaeology of Athens
by John Mck Camp Publisher Comments In this definitive book, prominent archaeologist John M. Camp presents an up-to-date survey of the monuments of ancient Athens and Attica to create a complete archaeological tour of the area. Camp's lavishly illustrated work will appeal not only to...
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The Jesuit and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man
by Amir D. Aczel Publisher Comments Aczel presents the powerful and dramatic story of how French Jesuit priest-scientist Teilhard de Chardins scientific research forced him to confront the eternal struggle between science and faith....
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Pompeii Awakened: A Story of Rediscovery
by Judith Harris Publisher Comments On that fateful day in AD 79 the city of Pompeii was lost, and in time its location, its inhabitants and even its name were buried and forgotten. Not until 1748 did it emerge from its layer of volcanic rock, and the impact of that discovery was immediate...
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Leopard's Tail (06 Edition)
by Ian Hodder Publisher Comments A dynamic firsthand account of the discoveries at this seminal site in Turkey, one of the first farming settlements in history. Illustratsd with images of the art, the excavations, and the people involved in the world-famous dig, this book enhances our...
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The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition, and Transformation
by Arthur A. Demarest Publisher Comments The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands revisits one of the great problems in Mayan archaeology?the apparent collapse of Classic Maya civilization from roughly A.D. 830 to 950. During this period the Maya abandoned their power centers in the southern...
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Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World (05 Edition)
by John Pedley Synopsis This book explores the variety of ancient Greek sanctuaries - their settings, spaces, shapes, and structures - and the rituals associated with them, such as festivals and processions, sacrifice and libation, dining and drinking, prayer and offering...
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Archaeological Theory : an Introduction (99 Edition)
by Matthew Johnson Publisher Comments This is a lively overview of the major ideas and concepts in archaeological theory....
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Origins and Revolutions: Human Identity in Earliest Prehistory
by Clive Gamble Publisher Comments In this innovative study Clive Gamble presents and questions two of the most famous descriptions of change in prehistory. The first is the 'human revolution', when evidence for art, music, religion and language first appears. The second is the economic...
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Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida (94 Edition)
by Jerald T. Milanich Publisher Comments This record of precolumbian Florida brings to life the 12,000-year story of the native American Indians who lived in the state. Using information gathered by archaeological investigations, many carried out since 1980, Jerald Milanich describes the...
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Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries about the Event That Changed History
by William Ryan Publisher Comments For thousands of years, the legend of a great flood has endured in the biblical story of Noah and in such Middle Eastern myths as the epic of Gilgamesh. Few believed that such a catastrophic deluge had actually occurred. But now two distinguished...
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Search for Ancient China (Discoveries)
by C Debaine Francfort 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...
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Agency in Archaeology
by Marcia-anne Dobres Publisher Comments "Agency in Archaeology" is the first critical volume to scrutinize the concept of agency and to examine in-depth its potential to inform our understanding of the past. Theories of agency recognize that human beings make choices, hold intentions and take...
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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...
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The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind
by Graham Hancock Publisher Comments In this riveting account of historical and archaeological investigation, the authors present hard evidence that the Sphinx, the Pyramids, and the other monuments at Giza are of far more ancient origin than previously believed. Complete with evidence of a...
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The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs
by Linda Schele and Peter Mathews Publisher Comments This unique and extraordinary guide to seven major sites of Maya civilization highlights the pioneering work of two great scholars of ancient America. For readers at every level -- from the casual tourist to the serious student -- The Code of Kings...
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Rise of Civilization in East Asia : the Archaeology of China, Korea and Japan (93 Edition)
by Gina L. Barnes Synopsis A history of the developments which culminated in the emergence of the region as a coherent entity with a shared religion, state philosophy, and bureaucratic structure in the eighth century. This is the second edition of the title originally published in...
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