Three Stones Make a Wall : The Story of Archaeology / Eric H. Cline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cline, Eric H., author.

Contributor:

Fawkes, Glynnis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Ancient.

Antiquities.

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology.

Archaeologists--Biography.

Archaeologists.

Excavations (Archaeology)--History.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Archaeology--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, "I see wonderful things." Carter's fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall. Written by Eric Cline, an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, this book traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries. Along the way, it addresses the questions archaeologists are asked most often: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? Who gets to keep what is found? Taking readers from the pioneering digs of the eighteenth century to today's exciting new discoveries, Three Stones Make a Wall is a lively and essential introduction to the story of archaeology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface: A Petrified Monkey's Paw

Prologue: "Wonderful Things": King Tut and His Tomb

Part 1. Early Archaeology and Archaeologists

1. Ashes to Ashes in Ancient Italy

2. Digging Up Troy

3. From Egypt to Eternity

4. Mysteries in Mesopotamia

5. Exploring the Jungles of Central America

Digging Deeper 1: How Do You Know Where to Dig?

Part 2. Africa, Europe, and the Levant: Early Hominins to Farmers

6. Discovering Our Earliest Ancestors

7. First Farmers in the Fertile Crescent

Part 3. Excavating the Bronze Age Aegean

8. Revealing the First Greeks

9. Finding Atlantis?

10. Enchantment Under the Sea

Part 4. Uncovering the Classics

11. From Discus-Throwing to Democracy

12. What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

Digging Deeper 2: How Do You Know How to Dig?

Part 5. Discoveries in the Holy Land and Beyond

13. Excavating Armageddon

14. Unearthing the Bible

15. Mystery at Masada

16. Cities of the Desert

Digging Deeper 3: How Old Is This and Why Is It Preserved?

Part 6. New World Archaeology

17. Lines in the Sand, Cities in the Sky

18. Giant Heads, Feathered Serpents, and Golden Eagles

19. Submarines and Settlers; Gold Coins and Lead Bullets

Digging Deeper 4: Do You Get to Keep What You Find?

Epilogue: Back to the Future

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-429) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780691183237

0691183236

9780691184258

0691184259

OCLC:

1132660154