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Quest for the Past: Great Discoveries in Archaeology

Quest for the Past: Great Discoveries in Archaeology

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Quest for the Past: Great Discoveries in Archaeology

by Brian M Fagan

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ISBN 10
0201031124
ISBN 13
9780201031126
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This book is in excellent condition, very minor wear to bottom edge of front cover. No other wear to covers. Previous owner signd first inner page, no other markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases. "The highpoints in archaeology! This wonderfully engaging volume tells the story of some well-known archaeologists and some remarkable excavations. In the process, it throws light on some of the ways in which the founders of archaeology unearthed early civilizations, probed the origins of humankind, and explored the history of non-Western societies. Quest for the Past ranges widely over the world of archaeology, detailing great discoveries as diverse as the excavation of 2-million-year-old Hominids, long-forgotten Native American settlements, and spectacular ancient civilizations, describing the sites and discoveries in the context of their finders' times. Each essay serves as an independent description of some of the challenges faced and discoveries made both by adventurous pioneers like Austen Henry Layard and trained scientists like Rene Millon and Gertrude Caton-Thompson. The volume includes important chapters on how archaeology works and on early female archaeologists." Good Reads "Brian Murray Fagan is a prolific author of popular archaeology books and a professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Fagan was born in England where he received his childhood education at Rugby School. He attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied archaeology and anthropology (BA 1959, MA 1962, PhD 1965).He spent six years as Keeper of Prehistory at the Livingstone Museum in Zambia, Central Africa, and moved to the U.S.A. in 1966. He was Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in 1966/67, and was appointed Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1967." Good Reads

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Bookseller
Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
833-2023
Title
Quest for the Past: Great Discoveries in Archaeology
Author
Brian M Fagan
Format/Binding
Softcover
Book Condition
used - excellent
Jacket Condition
none - paperback
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0201031124
ISBN 13
9780201031126
Publisher
Addison-wesley Educational Publishers Inc
Place of Publication
Reading, Ma
Date Published
1978
Pages
300
Size
22.7 cm x 18.6 cm
Keywords
Non-Fiction, Archaeology, Human Evolution

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