Encyclopedia of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists. Volumes I & II

by: Murray, T.

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Encyclopedia of archaeology. The great archaeologists
Author:Tim Murray

Written by some of the world's best-known archaeologists, this two volume set presents a collection of informative, readable, and often witty essays on the lives and work of their famous forebears, colleagues, and teachers.

From the Renaissance obsession with antiquities down to Tut-mania and Indiana Jones, the "romance" of archaeology has held universal attraction. Yet the great discoveries unearthed over the past 500 years are the result of day-to-day work in the field, laboratory, and library. An archaeologist is more likely to be armed with a dental pick than with a gun, more likely to be threatened by mosquitoes than by a pharaoh's curse. Created over almost 10 years and involving scholars from all over the world contributing articles on their areas of expertise, the five volumes of this encyclopedia aim to provide general readers with up-to-date information, to dispel myths and misconceptions, and to celebrate the vitality of an ever-evolving science. In this first set, some of the world's best known archaeologists have written 58 biographies of their predecessors. These essays constitute a history of archaeology from its beginnings in Renaissance antiquarianism down to the end of the 20th century. Arranged chronologically, the biographies begin with a brief summary of the subject's importance. Each essay discusses the life and contributions of the biographee, with a focus on his or her role in the development of archaeology as a discipline, and concludes with bibliographies of primary and secondary sources. Among the set's features are a historical introduction to archaeological biography, an alphabetical list of the biographies and a glossary of terms.

Contents:
v. 1. William Camden (1551-1623) ; John Aubrey (1626-1697) ; Edward Lhwyd (1660-1709) ; William Stukeley (1687-1765) ; Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) ; Sven Nilsson (1787-1883) ; Daniel Wilson (1816-1892) ; Gabriel de Mortillet (1821-1898) ; Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) ; Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827-1900) ; Frederic Ward Putnam (1839-1915) ; Gustaf Oscar Augustin Montelius (1843-1921) ; Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov (1844-1925) ; William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) ; Sophus Otto Müller (1846-1934) ; Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) ; Sir William Matthews Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) ; Gustaf Kossinna (1858-1931) ; Vasiliy Alekeyevich Gorodcov (1860-1945) ; Marcellin Boule (1861-1942) ; Joseph Déchelette (1862-1914) ; Howard Carter (1874-1939) ; Abbé Henri Breuil (1877-1961) ; Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1883-1948). [Cont.] Manuel Gamio (1883-1960) ; Albert Egges van Giffen (1884-1973) ; Alfred Vincent Kidder (1885-1963) ; Sir Mortimer Wheeler (1890-1976) ; Vere Gordon Childe (1892-1957) ; Dorothy Garrod (1892-1968) ; William Duncan Strong (1899-1962) ; Jorge R. Acosta (1904?-1975) ; Pei Wenzhong (1904-1982) ; James Bennett Griffin (1905-1997)
v. 2. Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) ; Kathleen Mary Kenyon (1906-1978) ; Robert John Braidwood (b. 1907) ; Sir Grahame Clark (1907-1995) ; Eric Higgs (1908-1976) ; Aleksei Pavlovich Okladnikov (b. 1908) ; Hasmukh D. Sankalia (1908-1989) ; Su Bingqi (1909-1997) ; Xia Nai (1910-1985) ; Stuart Piggott (1910-1996) ; James Alfred Ford (1911-1968) ; André Leroi-Gourhan (1911-1986) ; Irving Benjamin Rouse (b. 1913) ; Walter W. Taylor (1913-1997) ; Gordon Randolph Willey (b. 1913) ; Charles McBurney (1914-1979) ; Charles Thurstan Shaw (b. 1914). [Cont.] J. Desmond Clark (b. 1916) ; François Bordes (1919-1981) ; Mats P. Malmer (b. 1921) ; Robert McCormick Adams (b. 1926) ; Lewis Binford (b. 1929) ; Roger Curtis Green (b. 1932) ; David Clarke (1938-1976)

Subjects:
Archaeologists
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Archaeologists Encyclopedias
Archaeology
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Encyclopedia
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Series:
Encyclopedia of archaeology, pt. 1

Encyclopedia of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists. Volumes I & II

by: Murray, T.

• ISBN-13: 9781576071991 / 978-1-57607-199-1
• ISBN-03: 1576071995 / 1-57607-199-5
• ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 1999

Price: 98,00 EURO

1 copy in stock