Discovery! : unearthing the new treasures of archaeology /
Discovery! : unearthing the new treasures of archaeology /
Unearthing the new treasures of archaeology
edited by Brian M. Fagan.
- New York : Thames & Hudson, c2007.
- 256p. ill. (some col.), col. map ; 28cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-251) and index.
I. Discoveries from the Ice Age;
II.Tombs, Graves and Mummies;
III. Treasures of Ancient Art;
IV. Lost Cities and Towns;
V. Enigmas of Ritual and Religion;
VI. Discoveries from the Deep;
VII. Scientific Discoveries.
Discoveries from the Ice Age -- New Evidence from Africa: Rewriting the Story of Human Origins / The Mystery of the Skulls from Dmanisi, Georgia / The First Europeans and the Pit of the Bones at Atapuerca, Spain / Boxgrove: The Oldest Human Fossils in Britain / The 'Hobbit': An Unknown Human Relative? / Tombs, Graves and Mummies -- The Iceman: A 5,000-Year-Old Murder Victim? / The Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen: Men of Stonehenge / New Revelations from the Pyramids of Giza / The Tomb of Tutankhamun's Mother? An 18th Dynasty Chamber in the Valley of the Kings / Pharaoh's Children: The Tomb of the Sons of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings / New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara / Where the living Feasted with the Dead: The Royal Tombs of Qatna, Syria / The Royal Tombs of Nimrud, Iraq: The Treasures of Assyrian Queens / The Great Ryzhanovka Barrow: An Intact Burial of a Scythian Nobleman / The Valley of the Golden Mummies, Egypt / Bodies from the Bog: New Insights into life and Death in Pagan Celtic Ireland / Warriors, Musicians and Acrobats at the Tomb of the First Emperor of China / The Spitalfields Lady: The Finest Roman Grave Ever Found in London / Moche Tombs at Dos Cabezas, Peru / Power and Prestige: Middle Sican Elite Tombs of North Coastal Peru / The Red Queen and Other New Maya Tombs / Chachapoya: Mummies in the Cloud Forest of Peru / Inca Mummies: Child Sacrifice on Andean Peaks / The Prittlewell Prince: An Anglo-Saxon Royal Burial / Treasures of Ancient Art -- At the Origins of Art: New Discoveries of Decorated Caves / Black Pharaohs: A Cachette of Statues from Kerma, Sudan / A Celtic Warrior Prince from Glauberg, Germany / Artistic Splendours from the Greek and Roman World / Turkey's Pompeii: The Magnificent Mosaics of Zeuqrna / The Maize God and the Mythology of Kings: Maya Paintings at San Bartolo, Guatemala / Torcs, Coins and Gold Cups: Ancient Hoards from Britain / The Hoxne Treasure: A Late Roman Hoard / Spillings: The World's Biggest Viking Silver Hoard / Portraits in Pottery: Ceramic Vessels from Lake Titicaca / Statues of the Buddha from Qingzhou, China / Lost Cities -- Caral: The Oldest Civilization in Peru and the Americas / Pyramid City, Giza / Jinsha: Changing the Map of Ancient China / Towards a New Jerusalem / Saxon London, Concealed Beneath the City Streets / Jamestown: The Fort that was the Birthplace of the United States of America / Enigmas of Ritual and Religion -- Carved Creatures from the Dawn of Agriculture: Gobekli Tepe, Turkey / Secrets Revealed at Britain's Henges / The Nebra Sky Disc: The Oldest Representation of the Heavens / Helmets and War-Trumpets: A Ritual Hoard from Tintignac, France / Symbols of Religion and Power: The Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacan / Moche Ritual Sacrifice at Huaca de la Luna, Peru / Discoveries from the Deep -- The World's Oldest Boats, from Abydos, Egypt / Alexandria Underwater: Greek Cities Beneath the Sea in Egypt / The Ancient Port and Ships of Pisa / HMS Pandora: The Ship Sent to Find the Bounty Mutineers / Submarine and Ironclad: American Civil War Wrecks / Scientific Discoveries -- DNA and Archaeology / Ice Ages, Floods and Droughts: The Impact of Climate Change in the Past / Ancient Wine and Beer / Medical Science and Archaeology / Ancient Writing: Early Hieroglyphs from Abydos, Egypt / Ancient Writing: Biblical Inscriptions / Ancient Writing: China's 'Dead Sea Scrolls' / Ancient Writing: New Advances in Maya Decipherment / Ancient Writing: Deciphering the Knotted Strings of the Incas / The Cascajal Block: The New World's Oldest Writing / Peter Andrews -- Chris Stringer -- Chris Stringer -- Chris Stringer -- Chris Stringer -- Chris Scarre -- Andrew P. Fitzpatrick -- Zahi Hawass -- Zahi Hawass -- Kent R. Weeks -- Alain Zivie -- Peter Pfalzner -- Joan Dates -- Sergey Skory and Jan Chochorowski -- Zahi Hawass -- Eamonn P. Kelly -- Zhang Yinglan -- Christopher Thomas -- Christopher B. Donnan -- Izumi Shimada -- George Stuart -- Adriana Von Hagen -- Johan Reinhard -- Ian Blair -- Jean Clottes -- Charles Bonnet and Dominique Valbelle -- Holger Baitinger and Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann -- Mark Merrony -- Robert Early -- William A. Saturno -- Jeremy D. Hill -- Catherine Johns -- Dan Carlsson -- Antti Korpisaari and Martti Parssinen -- Jan Stuart -- Ruth Shady -- Mark Lehner -- Jay Xu -- Roberta L. Harris -- Robert Cowie -- William M. Kelso -- Klaus Schmidt -- Mike Pitts -- Harald Meller -- Christophe Maniquet -- Saburo Sugiyama -- Steve Bourget -- Matthew Douglas Adams and David O'connor -- Filanck Goddio -- Stefano Bruni -- Peter Gesner -- Robert S. Neyland -- Brian M. Fagan -- Brian M. Fagan -- Patrick E. McGovern -- Charlotte Roberts -- Toby Wilkinson -- Roberta L. Harris -- Wang Tao -- David Stuart -- Gary Urton -- Michael D. Coe.
9780500051498 0500051496
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archaeology--History
Archaeology--History
Archaeology
Archaeology--Methodology.
Antiquities.
Archaeology and history.
930.10282 / FAG/D
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-251) and index.
I. Discoveries from the Ice Age;
II.Tombs, Graves and Mummies;
III. Treasures of Ancient Art;
IV. Lost Cities and Towns;
V. Enigmas of Ritual and Religion;
VI. Discoveries from the Deep;
VII. Scientific Discoveries.
Discoveries from the Ice Age -- New Evidence from Africa: Rewriting the Story of Human Origins / The Mystery of the Skulls from Dmanisi, Georgia / The First Europeans and the Pit of the Bones at Atapuerca, Spain / Boxgrove: The Oldest Human Fossils in Britain / The 'Hobbit': An Unknown Human Relative? / Tombs, Graves and Mummies -- The Iceman: A 5,000-Year-Old Murder Victim? / The Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen: Men of Stonehenge / New Revelations from the Pyramids of Giza / The Tomb of Tutankhamun's Mother? An 18th Dynasty Chamber in the Valley of the Kings / Pharaoh's Children: The Tomb of the Sons of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings / New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara / Where the living Feasted with the Dead: The Royal Tombs of Qatna, Syria / The Royal Tombs of Nimrud, Iraq: The Treasures of Assyrian Queens / The Great Ryzhanovka Barrow: An Intact Burial of a Scythian Nobleman / The Valley of the Golden Mummies, Egypt / Bodies from the Bog: New Insights into life and Death in Pagan Celtic Ireland / Warriors, Musicians and Acrobats at the Tomb of the First Emperor of China / The Spitalfields Lady: The Finest Roman Grave Ever Found in London / Moche Tombs at Dos Cabezas, Peru / Power and Prestige: Middle Sican Elite Tombs of North Coastal Peru / The Red Queen and Other New Maya Tombs / Chachapoya: Mummies in the Cloud Forest of Peru / Inca Mummies: Child Sacrifice on Andean Peaks / The Prittlewell Prince: An Anglo-Saxon Royal Burial / Treasures of Ancient Art -- At the Origins of Art: New Discoveries of Decorated Caves / Black Pharaohs: A Cachette of Statues from Kerma, Sudan / A Celtic Warrior Prince from Glauberg, Germany / Artistic Splendours from the Greek and Roman World / Turkey's Pompeii: The Magnificent Mosaics of Zeuqrna / The Maize God and the Mythology of Kings: Maya Paintings at San Bartolo, Guatemala / Torcs, Coins and Gold Cups: Ancient Hoards from Britain / The Hoxne Treasure: A Late Roman Hoard / Spillings: The World's Biggest Viking Silver Hoard / Portraits in Pottery: Ceramic Vessels from Lake Titicaca / Statues of the Buddha from Qingzhou, China / Lost Cities -- Caral: The Oldest Civilization in Peru and the Americas / Pyramid City, Giza / Jinsha: Changing the Map of Ancient China / Towards a New Jerusalem / Saxon London, Concealed Beneath the City Streets / Jamestown: The Fort that was the Birthplace of the United States of America / Enigmas of Ritual and Religion -- Carved Creatures from the Dawn of Agriculture: Gobekli Tepe, Turkey / Secrets Revealed at Britain's Henges / The Nebra Sky Disc: The Oldest Representation of the Heavens / Helmets and War-Trumpets: A Ritual Hoard from Tintignac, France / Symbols of Religion and Power: The Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacan / Moche Ritual Sacrifice at Huaca de la Luna, Peru / Discoveries from the Deep -- The World's Oldest Boats, from Abydos, Egypt / Alexandria Underwater: Greek Cities Beneath the Sea in Egypt / The Ancient Port and Ships of Pisa / HMS Pandora: The Ship Sent to Find the Bounty Mutineers / Submarine and Ironclad: American Civil War Wrecks / Scientific Discoveries -- DNA and Archaeology / Ice Ages, Floods and Droughts: The Impact of Climate Change in the Past / Ancient Wine and Beer / Medical Science and Archaeology / Ancient Writing: Early Hieroglyphs from Abydos, Egypt / Ancient Writing: Biblical Inscriptions / Ancient Writing: China's 'Dead Sea Scrolls' / Ancient Writing: New Advances in Maya Decipherment / Ancient Writing: Deciphering the Knotted Strings of the Incas / The Cascajal Block: The New World's Oldest Writing / Peter Andrews -- Chris Stringer -- Chris Stringer -- Chris Stringer -- Chris Stringer -- Chris Scarre -- Andrew P. Fitzpatrick -- Zahi Hawass -- Zahi Hawass -- Kent R. Weeks -- Alain Zivie -- Peter Pfalzner -- Joan Dates -- Sergey Skory and Jan Chochorowski -- Zahi Hawass -- Eamonn P. Kelly -- Zhang Yinglan -- Christopher Thomas -- Christopher B. Donnan -- Izumi Shimada -- George Stuart -- Adriana Von Hagen -- Johan Reinhard -- Ian Blair -- Jean Clottes -- Charles Bonnet and Dominique Valbelle -- Holger Baitinger and Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann -- Mark Merrony -- Robert Early -- William A. Saturno -- Jeremy D. Hill -- Catherine Johns -- Dan Carlsson -- Antti Korpisaari and Martti Parssinen -- Jan Stuart -- Ruth Shady -- Mark Lehner -- Jay Xu -- Roberta L. Harris -- Robert Cowie -- William M. Kelso -- Klaus Schmidt -- Mike Pitts -- Harald Meller -- Christophe Maniquet -- Saburo Sugiyama -- Steve Bourget -- Matthew Douglas Adams and David O'connor -- Filanck Goddio -- Stefano Bruni -- Peter Gesner -- Robert S. Neyland -- Brian M. Fagan -- Brian M. Fagan -- Patrick E. McGovern -- Charlotte Roberts -- Toby Wilkinson -- Roberta L. Harris -- Wang Tao -- David Stuart -- Gary Urton -- Michael D. Coe.
9780500051498 0500051496
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archaeology--History
Archaeology--History
Archaeology
Archaeology--Methodology.
Antiquities.
Archaeology and history.
930.10282 / FAG/D