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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
by Brian Fagan  Publisher Comments How the earth’s previous global warming phase, from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, reshaped human societies from the Arctic to the Sahara—a wide-ranging history with sobering lessons for our own time. From the tenth to the fifteenth...
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Chronicle of the Maya Kings & Queens 2ND Edition
by Simon Martin Publisher Comments "The ideal reference on Maya archaeology." —Science News Behind the ancient cities of the Maya and their abandoned artworks lie the turbulent stories of their ruling dynasties. One of the world's greatest and most powerful civilizations, the Maya...
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Ancestral Landscapes of the Pueblo World
by James Elliott Snead Publisher Comments The eastern Pueblo heartland, located in the northern Rio Grande country of New Mexico, has fascinated archaeologists since the 1870s. In Ancestral Landscapes of the Pueblo World, James Snead uses an exciting new approach— landscape archaeology...
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Archaeology, History and Science: Integrating Approaches to Ancient Materials
by Marcos (edt) Martinon-torres Publisher Comments Rarely do archaeological studies provide critical consideration of how historical, archaeological, and scientific data relate to each other, or explicit attempts at demonstrating successful strategies for these kinds of interdisciplinary research. The...
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King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb
by Zahi Hawass Publisher Comments The ultimate book on King Tut and his tomb—the most exciting archaeological find the world has ever known. The fabulous treasures of Tutankhamun have fascinated the public since their discovery by Howard Carter in 1922. Many books have been written...
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Controversies in Archaeology
by Alice Beck Kehoe Publisher Comments Alice Beck Kehoe offers introductory students a method of evaluating and assessing claims about the past in this reader-friendly, concise text, using examples from Native American origins to ancient astronauts....
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Florida's People During the Last Ice Age
by Barbara A. Purdy Publisher Comments The time and place of the arrival of the first humans in the Western Hemisphere and their spread throughout the Americas has been a fiercely debated issue for decades. Florida's People During the Last Ice Age documents the indisputable evidence of the...
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A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece
by Stella G. Souvatzi Publisher Comments The study of households and everyday life is increasingly recognized as fundamental in social archeological analysis. This volume is the first to address the household as a process and as a conceptual and analytical means through which we can interpret...
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The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Mysteries
by Mark Lehner Publisher Comments "A fully illustrated compendium of every major pyramid of ancient Egypt."—Atlanta Journal Constitution Mark Lehner brings his many years of field research in Egypt to this definitive book. He examines the pyramids in unprecedented detail, covering...
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Molas Monograph #32: Development on Roman London's Western Hill: Excavations at Paternoster Square, City of London
by Sadie Watson Synopsis The earliest Roman activity was associated with the Cad 50 establishment of the main road. Contemporary quarries and boundary ditches. Activity declined in the later Roman period and five 4th-century burials cut into a disused secondary road....
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Controversies in Archaeology
by Alice Beck Kehoe Publisher Comments Alice Beck Kehoe offers introductory students a method of evaluating and assessing claims about the past in this reader-friendly, concise text, using examples from Native American origins to ancient astronauts....
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The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process
by Stephen D. (edt) Houston Publisher Comments Although ancient writing offers our first glimpse of history, people and institutions, its origins remain mysterious. This book presents the most up-to-date analysis of the origins of ancient writing. Studying often neglected writing systems, such as...
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Quantitative Paleozoology
by R. Lee Lyman Publisher Comments Quantitative Paleozoology describes and illustrates how the remains of long-dead animals recovered from archaeological and paleontological excavations can be studied and analyzed. The methods range from determining how many animals of each species are...
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Ethnographic Archaeologies: Reflections on Stakeholders and Archaeological Practices
by Castaneda. Quetzil E. (edt) Book News Annotation Archaeology has been undergoing internal questioning lately. Part of the reason for this is the external questions from the descendents of the people whose artifacts are being excavated. Casta...
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Quantitative Paleozoology (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology)
by R. Lee Lyman Publisher Comments Quantitative Paleozoology describes and illustrates how the remains of long-dead animals recovered from archaeological and paleontological excavations can be studied and analyzed. The methods range from determining how many animals of each species are...
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Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest (Ancient Peoples and Places)
by Stephen Plog Publisher Comments "A graphic, lucid account of the Anasazi, Hohokam, and Mogollon highlights how these ancient cultures evolved so successfully in response to their changing habitat."—Science News Most people are familiar with the famous pre-Columbian civilizations...
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The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs
by Nicholas Reeves Publisher Comments "For all those interested in the burial practices in New Kingdom Egypt, this should be the first book to consult. " —Journal of the American Oriental Society This account of the Valley of the Kings brings together the art, archaeology, and history...
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Archaeology Matters: Action Archaeology in the Modern World
by Jeremy Sabloff Publisher Comments Senior archaeologist Jeremy Sabloff points students to ways in which archaeology is can be relevant to the understanding and amelioration of modern problems....
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Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God
by Amos Nur and Dawn Burgess Publisher Comments What if Troy was not destroyed in the epic battle immortalized by Homer? What if many legendary cities of the ancient world did not meet their ends through war and conquest as archaeologists and historians believe, but in fact were laid waste by a force...
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Archaeology Matters: Action Archaeology in the Modern World
by Jeremy A. Sabloff Publisher Comments Senior archaeologist Jeremy Sabloff points students to ways in which archaeology is can be relevant to the understanding and amelioration of modern problems....
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