The Great Archaeologists: The Lives and Legacy of the People Who Discovered the World's Most Famous and Important Archaeological Sites - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1844765628 ISBN 13: 9781844765621

Casa editrice: Southwater Pub, 2009

Riassunto

The book focuses on the forty-seven great men and women who have been responsible for the most important discoveries in our history. It is presented in three accessible sections: Founders of Archaeology; Pioneers of Archaeology; and Modern Archaeologists.

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L'autore:

Paul Bahn is a respected writer, editor and translator of books on archaeology. He studied archaeology at the University of Cambridge, and did his Ph.D. thesis on the prehistory of the French Pyrenees. He has held post-doctoral fellowships at Liverpool and London, plus a J. Paul Getty fellowship in the History of Art and the Humanities. Among his books are: Pyrenean Prehistory (1984); Ancient Places (with Glyn Daniel, 1986); Easter Island, Earth Island (with John Flenley, 1992); Mammoths (with Adrian Lister, 1995; 2nd ed. 2000); Journey Through the Ice Age (with Jean Vertut, 1997); The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art (1998); Disgraceful Archaeology (with Bill Tidy, 1999), and The Enigmas of Easter Island (with John Flenley, 2003). He has also edited: The Collins Dictionary of Archaeology (1992); The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology (1996); The Story of Archaeology (1996); Tombs, Graves and Mummies (1996); Lost Cities (1997); Atlas of World Archaeology (2000); The Archaeology Detectives (2001); The Penguin Guide to Archaeology (2001), Archaeology, the Definitive Guide (2002), Written in Bones (2002), Archaeology: The Key Concepts (with Colin Renfrew, 2005).

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• Editore: Southwater Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844765628
• ISBN 13: 9781844765621
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Redattore: Bahn Paul