The Great Archaeologists by Brian Fagan

The Great Archaeologists by Brian Fagan

Organized into six thematic sections, The Great Archaeologists gives short, vivid biographies and fresh assessments of the achievements of 70 of the world’s greatest practitioners, written by a 40-strong team of contributors, themselves all eminent archaeologists and authors. 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.

'A compelling range of brilliance, imagination and eccentricity, conveying not just a sense of what being an archaeologist involves, but of how much archaeology has achieved as a contribution to human understandingAs well as in the design and image selection that make this book a pleasure to hold, it strength lies in its writers' - British Archaeology
'Whether you are interested in the desert romance of Ur of the Chaldees or the recreation of Viking ships in Roskilde, this gloriously illustrated book is one to savour' - Minerva

Brian Fagan is Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author or editor of forty-six books, including Ancient North America, Discovery! and The Complete Ice Age, as well as seven widely used undergraduate college texts. He is a contributing editor to American Archaeology and Discover Archaeology magazines, and formerly wrote a regular column for Archaeology magazine.

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ISBN 13	9780500051818
ISBN 10	050005181X
Title	The Great Archaeologists
Author	Brian Fagan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published	2014-09-01
Number of pages	304
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