| Description |
127 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
A Walck archaeology
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| Summary |
Discusses the development of archaeology as a science and its role in reconstructing history. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 124. |
| Contents |
What is archaeology? -- Early history of archaeology: First 'archaeologists' -- English antiquarians -- Early excavations -- First time-scale -- Heroic age of archaeology: Giovanni Battista Belzoni -- Heinrich Schliemann -- Sir Austen Henry Layard -- Lord Elgin -- Jean-Francois Champollion -- Edward Thompson -- Archaeology comes of age: First dating techniques -- General Pitt Rivers -- Sir Arthur Evans -- Sir Flinders Petrie -- Sir Leonard Woolley -- Twentieth century: Discovery of Machu Picchu -- Tomb of Tutankhamun -- Scythian excavations -- Sutton Hoo Ship -- Twentieth century: Civilisation of the Indus Valley -- Search for Camelot -- Industrial archaeology -- Underwater archaeology -- Palace at Fishbouorne -- Temples at Abu Simbel -- Science in Archaeology -- Illicit archaeology -- Amateur archaeology. |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Juvenile literature.
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Archaeology.
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| Added Author |
Simmons, Martin, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0809831090 |
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