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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann
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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 some... (read more)

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Runes (Reading the Past)
Runes (Reading the Past)
by R I Page
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In Orkney, Shetland and the Scottish Islands, in Ireland, the Isle of Man and above all in Scandinavia, travelers still come upon great memorial stones, inscribed with the curious angular alphabet called runes. This is the story of these inscriptions... (read more)

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Archaeological Insights Into the Custer Battle: An Assessment of the 1984 Field Season
Archaeological Insights Into the Custer Battle: An Assessment of the 1984 Field Season
by Douglas D Scott
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In August, 1983, a grassfire raged up Deep Ravine and across the dry, grasscovered battlefield where, in 1876, men of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry under George Armstrong Custer had fought and died at the hands of a Sioux and Cheyenne force led by Sitting... (read more)

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Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
by Craig Childs
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Childs is a naturalist, adventurer, and desert ecologist. Written in his trademark lyrical style, "Finders Keepers" carries readers directly into his adventures and discoveries, lifting the curtain on the ethical dilemmas and dark side of archaeology.... (read more)

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In Search of the Old Ones (96 Edition)
In Search of the Old Ones (96 Edition)
by David D. Roberts
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The Anasazi, ancestors of the Pueblo people, inhabited the Southwest for at least 5,000 years. David Roberts' extensive interviews and back country travels create a richly detailed portrait of an enigmatic people.... (read more)

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The Incas (Peoples of America)
The Incas (Peoples of America)
by Terence N Daltroy
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-376) and index.... (read more)

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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. 2
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. 2
by John L. Stephens
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Volume 2 of two-volume set. Classic (1843) exploration of jungles of Yucatan, looking for evidences of Maya civilization. Extensive accounts of 44 Maya sites as well as of Yucatan folkways, manners, dress, ceremonies, amusements — all of which makes... (read more)

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The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru
The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru
by Nigel Davies
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Archaeologist and Incan expert Nigel Davies offers astonishing revelations about the remarkable empire of the Incas and the civilizations that preceded them. From the desert at Nazca to the great coastal civilization of Chimor, this compelling overview... (read more)

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In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life
In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life
by James Deetz
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History is recorded in many ways. According to  author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully  by studying the small things so often forgotten.  Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical  instruments... (read more)

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The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities--From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities--From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
by Peter Watson
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The story begins, as stories do in all good thrillers, with a botched robbery and a police chase. Eight Apuleian vases of the fourth century B.C. are discovered in the swimming pool of a German-based art smuggler. More valuable than the recovery of the... (read more)

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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. 1
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. 1
by John Stephens
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Volume 1 of 2-volume set. Classic (1843) exploration of jungles of Yucatan, looking for evidences of Maya civilization. Extensive accounts of 44 Maya sites as well as of Yucatan folkways, manners, dress, ceremonies, amusements — all of which makes... (read more)

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The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
by Brian M Fagan
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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)

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An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
by Sylvanus Griswold Morley
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Best introduction to the topic — easily accessible to beginners. Extremely full in interpretation; very thorough in exposition of variants and unusual features, with reproductions of many inscriptions unavailable elsewhere. Material from Old and New... (read more)

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus
by Charles C Mann
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A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of... (read more)

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Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos, and the Realm of the Gods
Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos, and the Realm of the Gods
by Davi Lewis Williams
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What do the headless figures found in the famous paintings at Catalhoyuk in Turkey have in common with the monumental tombs at Newgrange and Knowth in Ireland? How can the concepts of "birth," "death," and "wild" cast light on the archaeological enigma... (read more)

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The Aztec Calendar Handbook
The Aztec Calendar Handbook
by Randall C Jiminez
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Involves thousands of man-hours of effort to create, takes a blueprint style approach to a Historical Reference primer. Illustrated with over 150 technical drawings showing enlargement detail, cut-away views, and computer-generated art, this new... (read more)

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Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen
Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen
by Joyce Tyldesley
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The classic account of Egypt's most famous queennow fully revised For over a decade, Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenaten, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age world: a beautiful queen blessed by the sun god, adored by her family... (read more)

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Temples, Tombs, & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
Temples, Tombs, & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
by Barbara Mertz
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An eye-opening, edifying, and endlessly entertaining tour through an astonishing bygone world—the acclaimed classic history of ancient Egypt, now newly revised and updated Writing as Elizabeth Peters, world-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is... (read more)

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Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
by David Sacks
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From science to religion, politics to mathematics, and art to medicine, there are very few areas of our modern lives that are not in some way affected by classical Greece. Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World provides interdisciplinary coverage of... (read more)

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Pharaohs
Pharaohs
by Christiane Ziegler
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 498-508) and index.... (read more)

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