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AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY (Second Edition - Cambridge World Archaeology)
by David W. Phillipson. Illustrated with B&W drawings, maps, and photographs. Condition: NEW 1994 Cambridge University Press Trade Paperback, second edition, reprint. Very pale and thin remainder mark bottom edges. Content: David Phillipson has expanded and updated his survey on the archaeology of Africa in a lucid, fully illustrated account which extends from the origins of humanity to the time of European colonization. The book effectively demonstrates the relevance of archaeological research to an understanding of Africa today, and stresses the continent's contribution to the human cultural heritage. [1 copy available]
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ARCHAEOLOGY BY EXPERIMENT
by John Coles. B&W photos and drawings illustrate. Condition: Gently pre-read to about page 33 only, 1974 hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: Experimental archaeology is a departure from the traditional approaches to the study of early man. Evidence from archaeological remains can be amplified and more vivid insights gained by reconstructing and testing models of ancient equipment. Stone axes and ploughs, forts and pyramids, boats and musical instruments, come within the scope of inquiry. The monuments of Easter Island and Stonehenge and the colonization of Polynesia can all be explored by experiment. The book falls into three sections. Food Production includes experiments on forest clearance and ploughing, sowing, harvesting and the storage of crops as well as the preparation and consumption of food. Heavy Industry deals with building and destruction of houses and earthworks, transport and erection of stones, and boats. Light Industry concerns craftsmanship in stone, bone, wood, hides, metals and pottery. If you watch the Discovery, National Geographic or History channels, you can see experimental archaeology at work. This is the classic work that encouraged such projects. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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ARCHAEOLOGY FROM THE EARTH
by Mortimer Wheeler. B&W photo section. Maps & drawings, also. Condition: Gently pre-read 1968 Pelican paperback, reprint. Light to moderate tanning to page edges. Content: This is a classic in the field of archaeology. It details methods, philogophy, and techniques in the field. While techniques have advanced since this book was written, it is still worth your time. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MESOAMERICA: Mexican and European Perspectives
by Warwick Bray and Linda Manzanilla (Editors). Color & B&W photos, maps, drawings. Condition: NEW 1999 British Museum Press trade paperback, first printing. Content: Since the 19th century, scholas in Mexico, Europe and North America have been studying the development and demise of the civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica. Discoveries made over the last 20 years ahve provided new insights into all the different groups which flourished in the region. In February of 1995 the Museum brought together a group of eminent European and Mexican scholas to discuss the present state of research ini Mesoamerican studies. This volume brings together seven papers given at that conference, uncovering new findings in 3 major geographical regions of Mesoamerica: the Highlands, the Gulf Coast and the Maya territory. Contributors: Linda Manzanilla, Leonardo Lopes Lujan, Gordon brotherston, John Gledhill, Norman Hammond, Nikolai Grube, Ponciano Ortiz Ceballos, and M. del Carmen Rodriguez. Essential readings! Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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THE BIBLE AS HISTORY (Second Revised Edition)
by Werner Keller. Translated from the German by William Neill. Revised & Postscript by Joachim Rehork. New material translated by B. H. Rasmussen. B&W drawings and maps illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1988 Bantam Books paperback, 9th printing. Light taning to page edges. Content: This book is still the standard by which all other Biblical archaeology works are measured, and is now thoroughly updated with the latest scientific and archaeological breakthroughs in biblical investigation. It contains: Revolutionary new evidence that confirms some of the most monumental and controversial events in the Bible-including the destruction of Sodom and Gomorra; Recently deciphered texts from the ancient world that offer an intriguing look back at the origin of the Ten Commandments; An entirely new chapter revealing the extraordinary techniques that may soon prove the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. The book will take you on a breathtaking journey to the heart of Holy Scripture as it pieces together one of the most stunning spiritual puzzles in the history of mankind. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BODIES FROM THE BOG
by James M. Deem. Spectacular color photos of mummies & artifacts illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Houghton Mifflin soft cover (42 pages), fourth printing. Content: For budding archaeologists, or any child interested in exploring scientific mysteries, Deem's straightforward text and superior choice of photographs (many of them taken at the sites where naturally mummified bog bodies have been found) unfold a compelling story of Iron Age Man. The few hundred bodies discovered since the 1600s are, for the most part, remarkably well-preserved. The damp, cool soil of ancient peat bogs kept the bodies intact for 2500-3000 years, so much so that scientists have been able to discover what these ancestors ate and, in many cases, how they died. Because many bog bodies appear to have died by violence, scientists suspect they were victims of human sacrifice. One close-up, of a body named "the Tollund man" (after the bog where it was found), reveals a peaceful face that looks to be serenely sleeping. This, and other photographs will not soon be forgotten. Not for everyone, this is a memorable and worthwhile effort. Ages 9 - 12 and up. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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CHARIOTS OF THE GODS?
by Erich Von Daniken. B&W photo section, maps, diagrams illustrate. Condition: UNREAD (but not perfect) Bantam paperback 44th printing. Binder's glue string down spine with tiny edgewear. Light tanning to white cover edges with tanning to clean & tight interior pages. Content: Did astronauts visit the Earth 40,000 years ago? That was the big question posed by this book, which was one of the most influential books of it's decade - and still is according to sales figures. I do, however, feel "odd" in placing this book in the "archaeology" section. Covers the stone faces on Easter Island, the Nazca lines and other "mysteries" of the world. Movie edition. [1 copy available]
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THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AFTER FORTY YEARS
by Hershel Shanks, James Vanderkam, P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., and James Sanders. B&W photos with a color photo section. Condition: UNREAD 1990 Biblical Archaeology Society Trade Paperback, no printing given. Content: Reviewer: "A little on the old side now (1992) this is a nice little overview of the history of the Scrolls: their discovery, their origin, their translation, and the contention over their intellectual "ownership." The slender volume is a printed version of a symposium conducted at the Smithsonian Institute and given by three prominent scholars and introduced and moderated by Hershel Shanks, the founder, editor and publisher of Biblical Archaeology Review among other periodicals. The book is divided into four sections, the last three followed by a question and answer session, themselves very informative. The lectures reveal that the process of Biblical textual analysis is always a work in progress--and that what is extracted reflects as much on the evolution of our modern society as on the ancient one. An interesting little book." [1 copy available]
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EXCAVATION OF THE DONNER-REED WAGONS:
Historic Archaeology Along the Hastings Cutoff
by Bruce R. Hawkins & David B. Madsen. B&W photos, maps, diagrams illustrate. Condition: NEW 1999 University of Utah Press Trade Paperback, first thus. Content: The Donner-Reed party of emigrants to California bogged down in the mud of the Great Salt Lake Desert. This book gives a full account of the detailed archaeological examination of the Donner-Reed remains in western Utah. The results were significantly different from expectations. Not only was a wide variety of artifacts recovered, but evidence of subsequent exploring parties, such as that led by Stansbury around the Great Salt Lake in 1849-50, was also identified. The history of the Donner party is also detailed here. Great book! [1 copy available]
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FINDING ATLANTIS: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World
by David King B&W photos, maps, diagrams illustrate. Condition: NEW 2005 Harmony Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: Center stage in this history of a history book is the rollicking, fantastical figure of Olof Rudbeck (1630-1702). After reading Rudbeck's monumental Atlantica (1679), historian King unpacks its plausible but reckless chains of reasoning and reassembles the mass into a marvelous account of the Swedish scholar's obsessions. Rudbeck was a professor of medicine at Uppsala University, and his restless mind seems to have seldom been idle. Rudbeck switched from physiology, in which he made his name as discoverer of the lymphatic system, to the study of the Viking sagas, just then coming to scholarly light. Connecting the sagas with the gods of Norse and Greek mythology, and with Plato's lost continent of Atlantis, Rudbeck proposed an astounding theory: Atlantis was located in Sweden! Odd though the idea was, King explains that Rudbeck's protomodern research methods in archaeology and etymology gained acceptance for his theory. Restoring this colorful eccentric to life, King reveals his talent for narrative flow and portraiture in a biography that will thoroughly inveigle history readers. [1 copy available]
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THE FIRST AMERICAN: A Story of North American Archaeology
by C. W. Ceram. B&W illustrations & photos. Condition: NEW (unread) 1972 Mentor paperback, first thus, 5th printing. Content: Reviewer: "C W Ceram's style in Gods, Graves and Scholars is continued in this volume. This book has even more adventure! If you think only the Old World has a fascinating past, you need to look at this book. The archaeologists who explored America's past were/are as interesting as those who explored Eygpt, and some of the finds were just as exciting. Although new information and studies have come after this book, Ceram is still the standard and a must-read for archaeologists and archaeology buffs. [1 copy available]
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THE FOLDS OF PARNASSOS: Land and Ethnicity in Ancient Phokis
by Jeremy McInerney. B&W maps and photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Univ. of Texas Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Independent city-states (poleis) such as Athens have been viewed traditionally as the most advanced stage of state formation in ancient Greece. By contrast, this pioneering book argues that for some Greeks the ethnos, a regionally based ethnic group, and the koinon, or regional confederation, were equally valid units of social and political life and that these ethnic identities were astonishingly durable. McInerney sets his study in Phokis, a region in central Greece dominated by Mount Parnassos that shared a border with the panhellenic sanctuary at Delphi. He explores how ecological conditions, land use, and external factors such as invasion contributed to the formation of a Phokian territory. Then, drawing on numerous interdisciplinary sources, he traces the history of the region from the Archaic age down to the Roman period. McInerney shows how shared myths, hero cults, and military alliances created an ethnic identity that held the region together over centuries, despite repeated invasions. He concludes that the Phokian koinon survived because it was founded ultimately on the tenacity of the smaller communities of Greece. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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A FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
by Sir Leonard Woolley. B&W maps, drawings illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1953 Pelican paperback edition, no printing given. Tiny edgewear. No tanning that I can see. Content: The subtitle of this book gives all the information needed: "a record of the results obtained from the recent important excavation of two mounds, Atchana and al Mina, in the Turkish Hatay." While a bit dated, of course, still a fascinating history of the original dig. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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FRAUDS, MYTHS, AND MYSTERIES: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology (Second Edition)
by Kenneth L. Feder. B&W maps, drawings, photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1996 Mayfield Publishing Trade Paperback, second edition, first printing. Tiny edgewear. . Content: Reviewer: "A great book that thoroughly debunks some of the more common frauds and paranormal nonsense we're regularly subjected to via the media, et al. Feder's writing is fun and fluid. Perpetrators and believers of the topics covered therein have trouble arguing against Feder, so they resort to tiresome -- and quite meaningless -- ad hominems rather than deal with his actual arguments and evidence. (Anyone surprised?)" A new section deals with the New Age use of Native American beliefs. Worth the read! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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FRAUDS, MYTHS, AND MYSTERIES: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology (First Edition)
by Kenneth L. Feder. B&W maps, drawings, photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1989 Mayfield Publishing Trade Paperback, first edition, second printing. Tiny edgewear. . Content: Reviewer: "A great book that thoroughly debunks some of the more common frauds and paranormal nonsense we're regularly subjected to via the media, et al. Feder's writing is fun and fluid. Perpetrators and believers of the topics covered therein have trouble arguing against Feder, so they resort to tiresome -- and quite meaningless -- ad hominems rather than deal with his actual arguments and evidence. (Anyone surprised?)" Worth the read! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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GAMBLER WAY: Indian Gaming in Mythology, History and Archaeology in North America
by Kathryn Gabriel. B&W drawings and photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1996 Johnson Books Trade Paperback, first printing. Tiny, tiny edgewear cover corners. Content: Everything old is new again, it seems. The gambling that during the past decade has blossomed on Indian land across America is not, as many assume, a new ruination heaped upon noble savages by a corrupt capitalist culture. Far from it. Rather, gambling is like tobacco -- deeply rooted in the religious and spiritual beliefs of Native North Americans. In this fascinating study, Gabriel not only relays some of the many myths connected with Indian gaming but examines the symbolic importance to Indians of gambling as a way of keeping the cosmic order from descending into chaos. In addition, she scrutinizes the way in which gambling formerly had economic importance for Indians, as a method of wealth redistribution. Amply researched and fluidly written, this is an exemplary and intriguing work of anthropology. Excellent read. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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GANDHARA: The Memory of Afghanistan
by Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter. Full-page color photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2001 Assouline Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first thus, first printing. Content: Gandhara was a historic region in the northwest of ancient India, currently Pakistan and Afghanistan, best known for its Greco-Buddhist school of sculpture. In its interpretation of Buddhist legends, the Gandhara school incorporated many motifs and techniques from classical Roman art while remaining Indian at its core. It depicted Buddha in human form for the first time, blending Hellenistic and Indian influences, often with features resembling the Greek god Apollo. Today, despite an international outcry, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban religious army has instituted a policy of demolishingall Gandhara statues, calling them "un-Islamic." Exquisitely illustrated, This book pays tribute to an art under siege, documenting its importance in world history. [1 copy available.]
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GLIMPSES OF THE ANCIENT SOUTHWEST
by David E. Stuart. B&W photos and maps plus original drawings by Scott Andrae. Condition: NEW 1985 Ancient City Press Trade Paperback, 4th printing. Content: This is an excellent overview of the architectural heritage of the prehistoric Native Americans, usually referred to as "Anasazi" in New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona. Why he left out the ruins in Utah, I have no idea. The essays are entertaining, yet still enlightening, and are beneficial for both the newcomer to Ancient Americas and the long-time fan. Excellent photos and maps! [1 copy available]
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GODS, GRAVES & SCHOLARS: The Story of Archeology (Second Revised Edition)
by C. W. Ceram. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs. Condition: NEW 1986 Vintage paperback, first printing, second revised edition. Light tanning to page edges. Content: C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his past, reads like a dramatic narrative. We travel with Heinrich Schliemann as, defying the ridicule of the learned world, he actually unearths the remains of the ancient city of Troy. We share the excitement of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter as they first glimpse the riches of Tutankhamen's tomb, of George Smith when he found the ancient clay tablets that contained the records of the Biblical Flood. We rediscover the ruined splendors of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient wold; of Chichen Itza, the abandoned pyramids of the Maya: and the legendary Labyrinth of tile Minotaur in Crete. Here is much of the history of civilization and the stories of the men who rediscovered it. A classic of the genre. [1 copy available]
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THE GOLD OF THE GODS
by Erich Von Daniken. Translated by Michael Heron. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs. Condition: Pre-read 1974 Bantam paperback edition, first printing. Spine crease with tanning to interior. Content: Von Daniken explores the vast mysterious underworld of Ecuador - caves filled with gold and and writings in solid gold that go back in time to the Great Flood to bolster his theory of a prehistoric earthly "era of the gods." Why this is considered as "archaeology" escapes me, but . . . . it is interesting. [1 copy available]
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IN SEARCH OF THE IMMORTALS: Discovering the World's Mummy Cultures
by Howard Reid. Two wonderful color photo sections. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Headline Books Trade Paperback, first printing. Light tanning to page edges. Content: Reid, a documentary filmmaker and anthropologist living in England, sets out for exotic regions and vivifies ancient mummy-making cultures, artfully blending living and dead voices. He cites ancient scribes like Herodotus, Tacitus and the Babylonian author of the Gilgamesh epic, alongside accounts of and by the living descendents of mummy makers. Primarily, he seeks to understand "the paths that [these cultures] may have intended to tread beyond life" by examining "the bodies themselves, their attire and tomb accoutrements." Reid visits with the Maku in the Amazon to unravel the mystery of the Chinchorros of Peru, whose mummifying culture predates Egypt's. At a winter camp in southwest Siberia, he learns about the burial rites of the Kazakh nomads' warlord ancestors. He investigates the bog bodies of northern Europe; the peoples who established the Silk Route in China, whose mummies show evidence of an ancient European influence in the East; and the Guanches of the Canary Islands, who shared unexpected cultural links with the Egyptians. This intellectual adventure story focuses as much on life as on death; indeed, the way a culture regards death, the author implies, says much about how it regards life. The most interesting, IMHO, is the discussion of the "Celtic" mummies of China's Taklamakan Desert. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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LOST CIVILIZATIONS
by Bill Harris. Beautiful color photos of archaeological sites. Condition: Like-new 1993 BDD Illustrated Books (NY) large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). New but has been thumbed through on the shelf. Content: Covers some of the most beautiful and important archaeological sites: Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, Troy, Crete, Israel, China, Machu Picchu, Teotihuacan, Anasazi dwellings, Easter Island, and Indochina. Text includes "boxes" of little-known information on the finding and archaeology of each site. A great overview of the world's major sites. [1 copy available]
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MASTODON HUNTERS TO MOUND BUILDERS: North American Archaeology
(SIGNED COPY)
by Peter & Belia Nichols (of Austin). B&W maps and illustrations by Linda Battles-Herron and Beth Newman. Condition: INSCRIBED on Title Page by the authors and illustrator Linda Battles-Herron. UNREAD 1992 Eakin Press hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), first editoin. Content: Covers the archaeology of North America (and northern Mexico) from the first Americans to the Anasazi to the Mound Builders. Excellent into to archaeology for kids. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE MIRACLES OF EXODUS: A Scientist's Discovery of the Extraordinary Natural Causes of the Biblical Stories
by Colin J. Humphreys. B&W maps, charts, & photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 2003 HarperSanFancisco hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Remainder. Content: Humphreys, a Cambridge University physicist, takes a look at the story of the Exodus through the prism of science. Using ancient maps and employing such disciplines as geology, astronomy, and agriculture, he attempts to ground the stories in Exodus in the natural world, even to the point of positing a precise location for Mt. Sinai. It's not on the Sinai Peninsula, as many scholars assume, but instead, it's an active volcano in Arabia, Mt. Bedr. Although the complexity of some of the techniques he employs (and the scrutiny with which he examines the most minute details) may prove taxing for some general readers, most of the time the narrative is nicely paced and thoroughly intriguing. Certainly, Humphreys' enthusiasm is infectious. When he explains, for instance, the scientific reasons for the Ten Plagues and how the plagues are linked through science, readers will be carried along on the excitement of discovery. There are, of course, other books that offer theories about the Exodus, but this one deserves a place in the forefront. [1 copy available]
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THE MOONLIGHT GARDEN: New Discoveries at the Taj Mahal
edited by Elizabeth Moynihan. Beautiful color photos & charts, B&W fold-outs, B&W "blueprints." Condition: NEW 2001 Univ. of Washington State Press soft cover, assumed first printing. Content: For 350 years, the Taj Mahal in Agra has reigned luminous and splendid as perhaps the most admired monument in the world. Visitors who gazed across the Yamuna River from the Taj pavilions have viewed what appears to be little more than farmers' fields and barren ground. But historical references as well as paintings from the time of Shahjahan (r. 1628-58) reveal that it was once densely covered by rectangular walled enclosures and lush vegetation. The Mughal emperor Babur built gardens here as a way of evoking the characteristic delights of the homeland he had abandoned when he moved from Central Asia into India in 1526. Eventually, as the Mughal Empire grew more powerful, the riverbank became lined with gardens belonging not only to the imperial family but also to important nobles. This definitive volume describes the discoveries of an international project documenting the surface remains of a long-abandoned Mughal garden, spectacularly located directly across the river from the Taj Mahal. The book is illustrated with new photographs of the Taj Mahal and the garden--now identified as the Mahtab Bagh, or Moonlight Garden--as well as with paintings from Shahjahan's era. Modeled after the Persian concept of earthly paradise, the pleasure gardens of 17th-century Mughal emperors exhibited elaborate renditions of cut-stone architecture, water chutes, standing pools, flowing fountains, and plantings intended to stimulate the senses. Well-ordered oases in an otherwise hot, dusty, and chaotic environment, these gardens were places of respite and enjoyment. The authors show that in plan, proportion, and directional alignment, the Moonlight Garden is indeed an integral part of the design of the gardens at the Taj Mahal, presenting an expansive new interpretation of one of the most famous buildings in the world. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE MYSTERY OF ATLANTIS (Revised & Enlarged Edition)
by Charles Berlitz. B&W photos, charts, maps and drawings illustrate. Condition: UNREAD1976 Avon paperback, 8th printing. Moderate tanning to page edges. Content: Berlitz, travelr, linguist, scholar and author has traced the history of the mythical Atlantis, produced electrifying evidence that "the lost continent" was indisputably real - and now, in this book, he reveals stunning new details about underwater ruins found only recently in the exact locations reported by the ancients to be the site of the actual city of Atlantis. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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NOTES FROM A CERAMIC LABORATORY
by Anna O. Shepard with Hans B. Gottlieb, E. W. Andrews, and H. E. D. (Harry) Pollock. Illustrated with B&W drawings, maps, and photographs. Condition: UNREAD 1977 Carnegie Institution of Washington Trade Paperback, no edition given. Tiny peeling bottom front spine. Content: Beginnings of Ceramic Industrilization: An Example from the Oaxaca Valley (Anna Shepard - U. S. Geological Survey, 1963); Imitation Jade Ornaments from Dzibilehaltun, Yuccatan (Anna Shepard & E. W. Andrews, 1963); Maya Blue: Alternative Hypotheses (Anna Shepard & Hans Gottlieb - 1962); and Maya Blue: An Updated Record (Anna Shepard & Harry E. D. Pollock - 1971). Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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PATTERNS IN PREHISTORY: Humankind's First Three Million Years (Second Edition)
by Robert J. Wenke. B&W photos, drawings, and charts illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 19898 Oxford University Press large Trade Paperback, fourth printing. One page edge shows wrinkling - most likely from shelving. The rest of the interior is clean & tight. Content: This is a comprehensive survey of world prehistory, from the origins of early hominids several million years ago to the evolution of the first great states and civilizations, focusing on the problem of formulating scientific explanations of the great cultural transformations of the past. In this edition, Wenke has completely updated the text to incorporate recent archaeological discoveries and to address the insights and limitations of the new wave of "post-processual" or "cognitive" archaeology. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE RISE OF THE CELTS (The History of Civilization series)
by H. Hubert. Translated from the French by M.R. Dobie. B&W maps, charts, & archeological drawings illustrate. Condition: Gently pre-read 1988 Dorset Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. B&W maps, archeological drawings illustrate. The book edges show small shelfwear and the DJ shows edgewear top and bottom edges and corners. Better than it sounds. Content: The DJ refers to this book as "volume 1," but I have not see that in any other notes on this book. In this classic of ethnology, a noted scholar traces the origins, history, and influence of the Celts on Indo-European peoples. Beginning with the earliest archaeological and linguistic evidence, he tracks the migration of Celts into Europe and as far west as the British Isles. An exceptionally thorough treatment of Celtic languages shows how their relationship to other tongues reveals information about Celtic origins and migrations. In addition, archaeological evidence -- weapons, armor, pottery, and decorative ornament--from a variety of cultures is reviewed (particularly artifacts from Switzerland's Iron Age settlement of La Tène), and the expansion of the Celts in the British Isles and abroad during the Bronze Age and the Hallstatt Period is explored. Unabridged reprint of the classic updated 1934 edition. 141 line illustrations. 4 halftones. 12 maps. [Note: of course, some of this information is a bit dated, i.e., not covering the recent discovery of Celtic "mummies" in the desert of China, but well worth the read.] Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SANTORINI: The Prehistoric City of Akroteri, Brief Illustrated Archaeological Guide
by Christos G. Doumas, Ephor of Antiquities. Full-page color photos. B&W maps. Condition: Very good Editions "Hannibal" (Athens, Greece) softcover with flaps forming natural bookmarks. No date nor edition given. Content: This book strikes me as one which can be purchased on Santorini as part of a tourist or curio shop book. Stunning color photography of the archaeological wonders of the island - outcroppings, ancient murals, ongoing archaeological digs, and the current architecture. Detailed text recounts the history of the island and the archaeology. Santorini has lately (last 20 years or so) become the area being studied as, if not the location of Plato's Atlantis, the cause of Atlantis being swept away due to a huge volcanic eruption on Santoniti about the time Plato says Atlantis existed. Informative and beautiful book. [1 copy available]
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THE SECRETS OF THE AVEBURY STONES: Britain's Greatest Megalithic Temple
by Terence Meaden. B&W photos & astronomy charts illustrate. Condition: NEW 1999 Frog Ltd. Trade Paperback, first printing. Tiny shelfwear. Content: Avebury, less than 20 miles from its more famous neighbor, Stonehenge, is rich in symbols linked to pre-Christian Goddess religions. This book reveals the wonders of the site, the largest and most complex prehistoric monument in Britain, through a lavishly illustrated guided tour encompassing history, archaeology, spirituality, and art. [1 copy available]
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SECRETS OF JERUSALEM'S TEMPLE MOUNT
by Leen and Kathleen Titmeyer. B&W detailed drawings, photos, plus color drawings. Condition: UNREAD 1998 Biblical Archaeology Trade Paperback, reprint. Content: This book is a reprint of the Ritmeyer's articles in Biblical Archaeology magazine. Reviewer: "This book is Ritmeyer's archeological analysis of the construction and remodelings of the Temple Mount. From that perspective, this short, small paperback booklet is a very informative analysis as to the various peoples who worked in developing the Temple Mount over several centuries (Jews, Romans, Muslims, Seleucids, Turks). There are numerous photographs that are very helpful in noting the various construction differences, and location maps showing how the Temple Mount and the Muslim Platform were laid out, and nice 3D drawings depicting how the Jewish Temples might have looked -- based upon the stone foundations. Also of interest is some detailing as to how the buildings were constructed; how different stones were used during different periods. Some nice history is presented by explaining the excavations occuring during the 1880s. Ritmeyer's analysis is great, but his claiming that he can show where the "Ark" itself rested does require more "faith" than what he provides as "proof." Only 116 paperback pages of text, but each one is very informative, from an archeologist's perspective. [1 copy available]
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The SIGN AND THE SEAL (Lost Ark of the Covenant)
by Graham Hancock. Four B&W photo sections. Condition: NEW 1993 Touchstone Trade Paperback, 13th printing. Content: The History Channel has a program based on Hancock's book and they still show it periodically. It's great! Look for it! Not only is this book history, religion, & archeology, but adventure and mystery as well. "The fact of the Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the grant historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vesel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible contains hundreds of references to the Ark's power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, however, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon. After ten years of searching through the dusty archives of Europe and the Middle East, as well as braving the real-life dangers of a bloody civil war in Ethiopia, Graham Hancock has succeeded where scores of others have failed. This intrepid journalist has tracked down the true story behind the myths and legends -- revealing where the Ark is today, how it got there, and why it remains hidden. Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together some of the most intriguing tales of all time -- from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail -- this book will appeal to anyone fascinated by the revelation of hidden truths, the discovery of secret mysteries." [608 pages] [1 copy available]
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TIME DETECTIVES: How Scientists Use Modern Technology to Unravel The Secrets of The Past
by Brian Fagan. Illustrated with B&W drawings, maps, and photographs. Condition: NEW 1996 Touchstone Trade Paperback, third printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: This exhilarating mix of high adventure and serious scholarship explores how modern archeologists are using techniques like computer imaging, infrared photography and pollen analysis to reconstruct ancient cultures. Fagan, an archaeologist, describes Tiwanaku, a vanished city on Lake Titicaca's Bolivian shore (A.D. 5th-11th centuries), where Andean farmers used crop cultivation methods that are now being copied by modern villagers to increase yields. He visits enigmatic Flag Fen in eastern England, where an enormous Bronze Age timber platform rose amid uninhabited wetlands, the site of sacrificial offerings. He combs Wadi Kubbaniya, an obscure Egyptian valley, home to hunter-gatherers 10,000 years before the pharaohs-possible ancestors of ancient Egyptian civilization. He explains how excavations of the mansions and gardens of 18th-century colonial Annapolis, Md., are revealing class divisions between a white elite and African Americans who comprised as much as one-third of the population. Fagan also explores multistory New Mexican pueblos of the Anasazi, a Sumerian temple complex, Blackfoot bison hunt sites on Canadian cliffs and remnants of the Natufian culture-some of the world's earliest farmers - discovered in the 1930s in what is now Israel. [Whether you agree or disagree with Fagan, he always makes you think.] [1 copy available]
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THE UNENDING MYSTERY: A Journey Through Labyrinths and Mazes
by David Willis McCullough. Illustrated with B&W drawings. Condition: NEW 2004 Pantheon Books Trade Paperback, first edition, first printing. Content: McCullough takes on the fascinating task of explaining the history of labyrinths and mazes--and explaining the crucial differences between them--in this diverting excursion into one of the byways of civilization. Beginning with the Greeks, McCullough moves through the centuries (Mediterranean, Tuscan, Scandinavia, England, Italy, and France) until he arrives at some unexpected destinations: a maze in a forest clearing in the Catskills of New York State, the world's largest cornfield maze in Pennsylvania, and the labyrinths created in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx by a young Scotswoman with the help of neighborhood children. [1 copy available]
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UR OF THE CHALDEES
by Sir Leonard Woolley. B&W photo section, maps and drawings illustrate. Condition: Gently pre-read 1952 Pelican paperback, revised reprint. Light edgewear with light tanning to page edges. Content: The story of the important discoveries of a group of British and American archaeologists who worked at Ur for many years, described by the leader of the expedition. [1 copy available]
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WOOD QUAY: The Clash over Dublin's Viking Past
by Thomas Farel Heffrnan. Illustrated with B&W drawings, maps, and photographs. Condition: Very Good pre-read 1988 University of Texas hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket) first edition, first printing. The book is in excellent condition; the problem is the DJ - 3 "repaired" tears in the back panel but is now in a protective mylar cover. Content: This is a remarkable story on two levels. First that an entire preserved Viking village was discovered beneath the streets of Dublin. Second, the national museum was not willing to hold up commercial development to excavate and save this wonderful find, and the citizens of Dublin took it upon themselves to protect the site for 8 years until it could be properly excavated. Excellent read. It might make you want to get out "there" and protect something Big Business wants to destroy. [1 copy available]
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