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The great archaeologists : with 201 illustrations, 188 in colour / edited by Brian Fagan.

Contributor(s): Description: 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780500051818
  • 050005181X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 930.1092 23
LOC classification:
  • CC110 .G74 2014
Contents:
The Antiquity of Humankind William Stukeley 1687-1765 Blending Romance and Science Christian Jürgensen Thomsen 1788-1865 &Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae 1821-85 The Three Age System Jacques Boucher de Perthes 1788-1868 Humanitys High Antiquity Gabriel de Mortillet 1821-98 Classifying Human Cultural Evolution Oscar Montelius 1843-1921 Developing Accurate Chronologies Sanz de Sautuola 1831-88 & Henri Breuil 1877-1961 Finding the Earliest Art Discoverers of Ancient Civilizations Johann Joachim Winckelmann 1717-68 Father of Classical Archaeology Giovanni Battista Belzoni 1778-1823 Exploring Ancient Egypt Karl Richard Lepsius 1810-84 Documenting the Pharaohs Auguste Mariette 1821-81 Protecting Egypts Heritage John Lloyd Stephens 1805-52 & Frederick Catherwood 1799-1854 Revealing Maya Civilization Austen Henry Layard 1817-94 Nimrud, Nineveh and Babylon Heinrich Schliemann 1822-90 & Sophia Schliemann 1852-1932 Searching for Homers World Alfred Maudslay 1850-1931 Exploring Maya Cities Robert Koldewey 1855-1925 Nebuchadnezzars Babylon Arthur Evans 1851-1941 Excavator of Minoan Knossos Max Uhle 1856-1944 Explorer of the Peruvian Past Aurel Stein 1862-1943 Archaeology and Adventure in Central Asia Gertrude Bell 1868-1926 Desert Traveller in Arabia and Iraq Howard Carter 1874-1939 Finding Tutankhamun John Marshall 1876-1958 Indus Civilization Revealed Alfonso Caso 1896-1970 & Ignacio Bernal 1910-92 Unearthing Precolumbian Mexico Matthew Stirling 1896-1975 Discoverer of the Olmecs Gertrude Caton-Thompson 1888-1985 Great Zimbabwe and the African Past The Art of Excavation Giuseppe Fiorelli 1823-96 & Amedeo Maiuri 1886-1963 Excavating and Preserving Pompeii Augustus Lane Fox Pitt Rivers 1827-1900 Pioneer of Archaeological Excavation William Matthew Flinders Petrie 1853-1942 Excavating and Dating Ancient Egypt Wilhelm Dörpfeld 1853-1940 Scientific Excavation at Troy Leonard Woolley 1880-1960 Excavator of Ur Alfred Kidder 1885-1963 The American Southwest Mortimer Wheeler 18901976 & Philip Barker 1920-2001 Maestros of Archaeological Excavation William Foxwell Albright 1891-1971 Father of Biblical Archaeology Spyridon Marinatos 1901-74 Santorini: Akrotiri from beneath the Ashes Michael Katzev 1939-2001 &Richard Steffy 1924-2007 Underwater Archaeology as Science Ole Crumlin-Pedersen 1935-2011 Recreating Viking Ships Decipherers of Ancient Scripts Jean-François Champollion 1790-1832 Breaking the Hieroglyphic Code Henry Creswicke Rawlinson 1810-95 Deciphering Cuneiform Michael Ventris 1922-56 Reading Linear B Tablets as Greek Eric Thompson 1898-1975, Tatiana Proskouriakoff 1909-85 & Yuri Knorosov 1922-99 Decoding Maya Hieroglyphs Discovering World Prehistory Julio Tello 1880-1947 Father of Peruvian Archaeology Dorothy Garrod 1892-1968 Mount Carmel and Cro-Magnons Li Chi 1896-1979 & Pei Wenzhong 1904-82 The First Chinese Dynasties and Early Humans in East Asia Alexey Okladnikov 1908-81 &Sergey Semenov 1898-1978 Early Technology and Neanderthals in Russia Louis Leakey 1903-72 & Mary Leakey 1913-96 Human Origins in Africa Kathleen Kenyon 1906-78 Excavating Jericho Grahame Clark 1907-95 European and World Prehistory Robert Braidwood 1907-2003 Early Farming in the Near East Hannah Marie Wormington 1914-94 & Cynthia Irwin-Williams 1936-90 Female Pioneers in North American Archaeology James B. Griffin 1905-97 Archaeology of Eastern North America Jesse Jennings 1909-97 Archaeology of the Desert West Gordon Willey 1913-2002 The Consummate American Archaeologist J. Desmond Clark 1916-2002 The Broad Canvas of African Prehistory Roger Green 1932-2009 Studying the Early Polynesians Thinking about the Past Vere Gordon Childe 1892-1957 Revolutions in Prehistory Glyn Daniel 1914-86 &Stuart Piggott 1910-96 Ancient Europeans, Megaliths and the Wider Audience André Leroi-Gourhan 1911-86 How Humans Make their Worlds David Clarke 1937-76 &Lewis Binford 1931-2011 Pioneers of the New Archaeology Bruce Trigger 1937-2006 Archaeology, Anthropology and Human Society William T. Sanders 1926-2008 Culture and Environment in Mesoamerica Maps Contributors Further Reading Sources of Illustrations Index
Summary: Organized into six thematic sections, this book gives short, vivid biographies and fresh assessments of the achievements of 70 of the worlds greatest practitioners, written by a 40-strong team of contributors, themselves all eminent archaeologists and authors. Brian Fagan has assembled a team of some of the world's greatest living archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly about their distinguished predecessors in this handsome volume, full of fascinating anecdotes, personal accounts, and unexpected insights. All these archaeologists very different individuals, and often in deep disagreement with one another have established the subject as a scientific discipline and vastly broadened and deepened our knowledge of the human past. Authoritative and entertaining, this is a book for anyone fascinated by the human past and its discovery.
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The Antiquity of Humankind
William Stukeley 1687-1765
Blending Romance and Science

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen 1788-1865 &Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae 1821-85
The Three Age System

Jacques Boucher de Perthes 1788-1868
Humanitys High Antiquity

Gabriel de Mortillet 1821-98
Classifying Human Cultural Evolution

Oscar Montelius 1843-1921
Developing Accurate Chronologies

Sanz de Sautuola 1831-88 & Henri Breuil 1877-1961
Finding the Earliest Art

Discoverers of Ancient Civilizations
Johann Joachim Winckelmann 1717-68
Father of Classical Archaeology

Giovanni Battista Belzoni 1778-1823
Exploring Ancient Egypt

Karl Richard Lepsius 1810-84
Documenting the Pharaohs

Auguste Mariette 1821-81
Protecting Egypts Heritage

John Lloyd Stephens 1805-52 & Frederick Catherwood 1799-1854
Revealing Maya Civilization

Austen Henry Layard 1817-94
Nimrud, Nineveh and Babylon

Heinrich Schliemann 1822-90 & Sophia Schliemann 1852-1932
Searching for Homers World

Alfred Maudslay 1850-1931
Exploring Maya Cities

Robert Koldewey 1855-1925
Nebuchadnezzars Babylon

Arthur Evans 1851-1941
Excavator of Minoan Knossos

Max Uhle 1856-1944
Explorer of the Peruvian Past

Aurel Stein 1862-1943
Archaeology and Adventure in Central Asia

Gertrude Bell 1868-1926
Desert Traveller in Arabia and Iraq

Howard Carter 1874-1939
Finding Tutankhamun

John Marshall 1876-1958
Indus Civilization Revealed

Alfonso Caso 1896-1970 & Ignacio Bernal 1910-92
Unearthing Precolumbian Mexico

Matthew Stirling 1896-1975
Discoverer of the Olmecs

Gertrude Caton-Thompson 1888-1985
Great Zimbabwe and the African Past


The Art of Excavation
Giuseppe Fiorelli 1823-96 & Amedeo Maiuri 1886-1963
Excavating and Preserving Pompeii

Augustus Lane Fox Pitt Rivers 1827-1900
Pioneer of Archaeological Excavation

William Matthew Flinders Petrie 1853-1942
Excavating and Dating Ancient Egypt

Wilhelm Dörpfeld 1853-1940
Scientific Excavation at Troy

Leonard Woolley 1880-1960
Excavator of Ur

Alfred Kidder 1885-1963
The American Southwest

Mortimer Wheeler 18901976 & Philip Barker 1920-2001
Maestros of Archaeological Excavation

William Foxwell Albright 1891-1971
Father of Biblical Archaeology

Spyridon Marinatos 1901-74
Santorini: Akrotiri from beneath the Ashes

Michael Katzev 1939-2001 &Richard Steffy 1924-2007
Underwater Archaeology as Science

Ole Crumlin-Pedersen 1935-2011
Recreating Viking Ships


Decipherers of Ancient Scripts
Jean-François Champollion 1790-1832
Breaking the Hieroglyphic Code

Henry Creswicke Rawlinson 1810-95
Deciphering Cuneiform

Michael Ventris 1922-56
Reading Linear B Tablets as Greek

Eric Thompson 1898-1975, Tatiana Proskouriakoff 1909-85
& Yuri Knorosov 1922-99
Decoding Maya Hieroglyphs

Discovering World Prehistory
Julio Tello 1880-1947
Father of Peruvian Archaeology

Dorothy Garrod 1892-1968
Mount Carmel and Cro-Magnons

Li Chi 1896-1979 & Pei Wenzhong 1904-82
The First Chinese Dynasties and Early Humans in East Asia

Alexey Okladnikov 1908-81 &Sergey Semenov 1898-1978
Early Technology and Neanderthals in Russia

Louis Leakey 1903-72 & Mary Leakey 1913-96
Human Origins in Africa

Kathleen Kenyon 1906-78
Excavating Jericho

Grahame Clark 1907-95
European and World Prehistory

Robert Braidwood 1907-2003
Early Farming in the Near East

Hannah Marie Wormington 1914-94 & Cynthia Irwin-Williams 1936-90
Female Pioneers in North American Archaeology

James B. Griffin 1905-97
Archaeology of Eastern North America

Jesse Jennings 1909-97
Archaeology of the Desert West

Gordon Willey 1913-2002
The Consummate American Archaeologist

J. Desmond Clark 1916-2002
The Broad Canvas of African Prehistory

Roger Green 1932-2009
Studying the Early Polynesians


Thinking about the Past
Vere Gordon Childe 1892-1957
Revolutions in Prehistory

Glyn Daniel 1914-86 &Stuart Piggott 1910-96
Ancient Europeans, Megaliths and the
Wider Audience

André Leroi-Gourhan 1911-86
How Humans Make their Worlds

David Clarke 1937-76 &Lewis Binford 1931-2011
Pioneers of the New Archaeology

Bruce Trigger 1937-2006
Archaeology, Anthropology and Human Society

William T. Sanders 1926-2008
Culture and Environment in Mesoamerica

Maps
Contributors
Further Reading
Sources of Illustrations
Index

Organized into six thematic sections, this book gives short, vivid biographies and fresh assessments of the achievements of 70 of the worlds greatest practitioners, written by a 40-strong team of contributors, themselves all eminent archaeologists and authors. Brian Fagan has assembled a team of some of the world's greatest living archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly about their distinguished predecessors in this handsome volume, full of fascinating anecdotes, personal accounts, and unexpected insights. All these archaeologists very different individuals, and often in deep disagreement with one another have established the subject as a scientific discipline and vastly broadened and deepened our knowledge of the human past. Authoritative and entertaining, this is a book for anyone fascinated by the human past and its discovery.