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by Joseph B Lambert  Publisher Comments Where Stonehenge’s giant bluestones come from? Was the fall of the Roman Empire hastened by lead poisoning? How did amber get from the Baltic to Belize? In exploring these and other historical enigmas, Joseph Lambert expertly details the rich... (read more)  List Price $18.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Lisa Falk Book News Annotation Although rooted in the discrete and local, this volume suggests that historical archaeology can point to patterns across and between cultures, deepening knowledge of the contact era and of the various populations touched in the meeting of worlds. Two... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nigel Davies Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gwyn Jones Publisher Comments "An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language."-- Scandinavian Studies The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Kenneth G Hirth Publisher Comments When the Spanish conquistadors first encountered the great commercial markets of central Mexico they were amazed by the richness and the diversity of products, as well as the level of organization. Ruling elites nurtured and supervised these markets... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $35.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Anthony Aveni Publisher Comments "Tony Aveni has written a marvelous book about how the celestial rhythms influenced the cultures of the past. . . . It makes fascinating reading for any layperson."--Science Books and Films "Clearly, if we can know more about these people, their... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Karl W Butzer Publisher Comments Archaeology as Human Ecology is essential reading for students, research workers, and all concerned with archaeological method and theory.... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $41.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by P Gathercole Publisher Comments This stimulating collection demonstrates the inadequacy of a history that is always written by the "winners." Drawing on original studies from Africa, North America, Australia and the Pacific in order to make its points, b /b b i The Politics of the Past... (read more) List Price $52.95 Your price $28.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gwendolyn Leick Publisher Comments Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey shows us the people of Babylon, from kings and merchants to women and slaves, and the social, historical, geographical and cultural context in which their extraordinary city flourished for so many millennia. This... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Curtis Larsen Publisher Comments According to archeological and historical records, the Bahrain Islands of the Arabian Gulf were the home of a flourishing civilization four thousant years ago. Then, as now, these islands served as an important locus of maritime trade, but they were also... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by J Hughes Publisher Comments In Pan's Travail, J. Donald Hughes examines the environmental history of the classical period and argues that the decline of ancient civilizations resulted in part from exploitation of the natural world. Focusing on Greece and Rome, as well as areas... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nigel Davies Publisher Comments A new paperback edition of the 1995 classic, the first comprehensive survey of the society and history of the Inca to take into account three decades of new archaeological and ethnohistorical data. Davies's readable account reveals an empire that spanned... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Theodore M Davis Publisher Comments Before the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the greatest find ever made in the Valley of the Kings was the 3,000-year-old tomb of Yuya (Iouiya) and Tjuyu (Touiyou), parents-in-law of King Amenophis III of the 18th Dynasty. The tomb contained... (read more) List Price $39.00 Your price $18.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel Meyerson Publisher Comments The deciphering of the Rosetta stone was one of the great intellectual triumphs of all time, unlocking the secrets of thousands of years of Egypt’s ancient civilization. Yet in the past two centuries, the circumstances surrounding this bravura feat... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Elaine Dewar Publisher Comments "Bones"--the remains of ancient New World natives now lying in museums and university laboratories across the Americas--are at the center of the scientific and cultural battles described in this provocative book. Dewar explores the politics of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Steven Roge Fischer Publisher Comments When he successfully deciphered the Rongorongo script of Easter Island --the mysterious system of glyphs in which the island's original inhabitants had recorded their ritual chants and ceremonies--Steven Roger Fischer gained a unique place in the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Karol Mysliwiec Publisher Comments Originally published in Polish, The Twilight of Ancient Egypt appeared in 1998 in a German edition. The Cornell edition has been updated by the author and also contains previously unpublished photographs of recently discovered treasures.... (read more) List Price $28.50 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Hiram Bingham Publisher Comments A special illustrated edition of Hiram Bingham's classic work captures all the magnificence and mystery of the amazing archeological sites he uncovered. Early in the 20th century, Bingham ventured into the wild and then unknown country of the Eastern... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ellen Sue Turner Publisher Comments This book identifies and describes more than 200 dart and arrow projectile points and stone tools used by prehistoric Native Americans in Texas.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Harmon Publisher Comments Enacted in 1906, the Antiquities Act is one of the most important pieces of conservation legislation in American history and has had a far-reaching influence on the preservation of our nations cultural and natural heritage. Thanks to the foresight of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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