| Edition |
First Lyons Press edition. |
| Description |
176 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Our prehistoric ancestors -- Laetoli, Tanzania -- Boxgrove, England -- Feldhofer Grotto, Germany -- Cro-Magnon, France -- Mezhirich huts, Ukraine -- Monte Verde, Chile -- Clovis, USA -- Ötzi the Ice Man, Italy -- Tombs and burial sites -- Giza, Egypt -- Tel el Amarna, Egypt -- Tutankhamen's tomb, Egypt -- Sutton Hoo, England -- Cities and dwelling places -- Dolní Vestonice, Czech Republic -- Çatal Hüyük, Turkey -- Skara Brae, Scotland -- Herakleion, Greece -- Babylon, Iraq -- Ephesus, Turkey -- Alexandria, Egypt -- Masada, Israel -- Pompeii and Herculaneum, Italy -- Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe -- Machu Picchu, Peru -- Art, intellect and religion -- Stonehenge and Avebury, England -- Easter Island, Pacific Ocean -- Angkor, Cambodia -- Aksum, Ethiopia -- Cosquer caves, France -- Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria -- The Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel -- The Rosetta Stone, Egypt -- The Terracotta Army, China -- Nazca, Peru -- War and human conflict -- Vindolanda Fort, England -- Civil War battlefields, USA -- The Mary Rose, England -- The Bismarck, North Atlantic Ocean -- Migration and colonization -- Lake Mungo, Australia -- L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada -- The Titanic, North Atlantic Ocean -- Science and archaeology -- DNA analysis -- Isotope geochemistry -- Dating techniques -- Facial reconstructions -- Climate modelling. |
| Subject |
Archaeology.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric.
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Tombs.
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Extinct cities.
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Historic sites.
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| Added Author |
Pettitt, Paul.
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Bahn, Paul G.
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| ISBN |
1592287182 |
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9781592287185 |
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