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Archives and Excavations: Essays on the History of Archaeological Excavations in Rome and Southern Italy from the Renaissance to the Nineteenth Century
edited by Ilaria Bignamini
Archives and Excavations aims to stimulate a new approach to the history of excavation by drawing attention to a vast and important area of research that has been neglected for almost a century. 308p, 151 b/w illus (Archaeological Monograph 14, British School at Rome 2004)
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$110.00, Our Price US$90.00
William Gowland: The Father of Japanese Archaeology
edited by Victor Harris and Kazuo Goto
During his stay in Japan as one of the foreign technicians employed to aid the Westernization and industrialization of Japan, William Gowland (1842-1922) conducted the first truly accurate scientific surveys of burial mounds (kofun) of the 3rd-7th centuries, including a number of imperial mausolea. Illustrated with many photographs, mainly taken by himself, this book introduces, describes and evaluates his achievements, now highly regarded ...
Hardback. Price US$90.00
Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860-1960
by Anne O'Connor
This study looks at the fascinating attempts from the Victorian era to the middle of the 20th century to reconstruct Britain's prehistoric past, to provide a chronology for stone tools and to relate these finds to geological sequences. The debates around this subject were often amazingly fiery and although a serious scholarly study this book is also great fun, with a host of colourful characters. 423p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2007)
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The Archaeological Drawings of Charles Frederick de Brocktorff
by Reuben Grima
In the early 1820s, Charles Fredrick de Brocktorff, a German artist, was commissioned to make a series of watercolours on the Maltese islands. Nineteen of these watercolours depict the archaeological remains of the Igantija temple and the nearby stone circle which had just been excavated by Col. Otto Bayer. The album containing these watercolours is zealously kept at the National Library of Malta and permission to view them is only given on ...
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The Archaeological Drawings of Charles Frederick de Brocktorff
by Reuben Grima
In the early 1820s, Charles Fredrick de Brocktorff, a German artist, was commissioned to make a series of watercolours on the Maltese islands. Nineteen of these watercolours depict the archaeological remains of the Igantija temple and the nearby stone circle which had just been excavated by Col. Otto Bayer. The album containing these watercolours is zealously kept at the National Library of Malta and permission to view them is only given on ...
Breaking Ground: Pioneering Women Archaeologists
edited by Getzel M. Cohen and Martha Sharp Joukowsky
Breaking Ground examines the lives of twelve pioneer archaeologists -- women such as Jane Dieulafoy, Gertrude Bell, and Dorothy Garrod, for example -- in the early days of the discipline, tracing their paths from education in the classics to travel and exploration and ultimately to international recognition in the field. The intended readership for this book is broad: it will include those interested in the history of archaeology, European social ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$90.00, Our Price US$29.98
Cretan Quests: British Explorers, Excavations and Historians
edited by Davina Huxley
This collection of essays celebrates British scholarly achievements in Crete, from the early British pilgrims and travellers to the island, to the work of the first antiquarians and archaeologists. Seven essays focus on key figures and events from pre-1900, 1900-1914, during the First and Second World Wars, 1945-1990 and the present and future of exploration on Crete. Subsequent contributions take a more thematic approach, discussing the ...
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The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen: the annexe and treasury
by Howard Carter
Originally published in 1933, this third volume in Howard Carter's trilogy of books describes the discovery and investigation of the annexe and treasury, two store rooms containing a wealth of funerary gifts for the king. 256p, 80 b/w pls (Duckworth 2000)
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Leroy Waterman and the University of Michigan Excavations at Sepphoris, 1931: The Scientific Test of the Spade
by Elaine K. Gazda and Elise A. Friedland
The University of Michigan excavations at the site of Sepphoris in 1931 are the subject of this brief monograph, catalogue of an exhibition at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology that examined the Michigan excavations of late Roman/early Byzantine structures at Sepphoris and the complex issues surrounding the archaeological interpretation of the site. The book is illustrated with plans, photographs of artifacts and reproductions of archival material ...
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Dangerous Archaeology: Francis Willey Kelsey and Armenia (1919-1920)
by Thelma K. Thomas
Francis W. Kelsey's travels in the 1920s on behalf of the University of Michigan to establish archaeological projects in the Near East and North Africa are well known, but his first such expedition was a little heralded trip through Armenia in 1919-1920. This book is an illustrated exhibition catalogue that documents Kelsey's Armenian travels and discusses the complex geo-political issues that Kelsey's expedition raised. 72p, illus. (Kelsey ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$12.00, Our Price US$4.98
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