The Young Oxford Book of Archaeology - Brossura

Moloney, Norah

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ISBN 10: 0199101000 ISBN 13: 9780199101009

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

Archaeologists are like detectives investigating the past. They look for clues and analyze their findings in order to unravel the complex story of the everyday lives of our ancestors.
The Young Oxford Book of Archaeology begins by asking: What is archaeology? We find out how archaeologists work. How do they find a site? How do they excavate? How do they record and interpret what they find? We travel through time, stopping off at archaeological sites all over the world--on land, underground, and beneath the sea--from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where the first humans appeared, through Mohenjodaro in Pakistan, where one of the first great cities flourished, to the Viking sites in Canada. The story is brought up-to-date with the Garbage Project, where archaeologists have used people's trash to build up a picture of modern life.
Illustrated with stunning photographs and reconstructions, each case study examines and interprets all the evidence. The result is the essential guide for the archaeologist in all of us.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Norah Moloney trained as a primary school teacher before studying archaeology at Harvard University. She gained her doctorate in Palaeolithic Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology in London.

Product Description:

Book by Moloney Norah

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0199101000
• ISBN 13: 9780199101009
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160