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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul G Bahn; Bill Tidy |
| ISBN: | 9780199657438 0199657432 |
| OCLC Number: | 792747128 |
| Notes: | Edition from label on cover. |
| Description: | xviii, 118 p : ill. ; 18 cm. |
| Contents: | The origins and development of archaeology -- Making a date -- Technology -- How did people live? -- How did people think? -- Settlement and society -- How and why did things change? -- Minorities and sororities -- Presenting the past to the public -- The future of the past. |
| Series Title: | Very short introductions, 10. |
| Responsibility: | Paul Bahn ; with illustrations by Bill Tidy. |
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Abstract:
The explorations of archaeology encompass the whole globe, survey 2.5 million years, and range from deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, and from pebble tools to GPS. Its efforts to reconstruct and understand the past do not fail to fascinate us. Paul Bahn explores the importance of archaeology in this entertaining introduction.
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<br>Acclaim for the first edition: <br><p><br>"A quite brilliant and level-headed look at the curious world of archaeology." <br> --Barry Cunliffe, Oxford University, author of Europe Between the Oceans<p><br> Read more...
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