The Atlas of Archaeology

by mick-aston

Covering periods from the Paleolithic Age through the Industrial Revolution, "The Atlas of Archaeology" encourages all those interested in the past to take a look around us. The authors explain and demonstrate techniques including geophysics, excavation, and skeletal analysis to follow digs from discovery to excavation to preservation. Photos.


Hunter gatherers (Paleolithic valley : Stanton Harcourt) --
The neolithic (Catal Huyuk) --
The monumental era (A Henge monument : Avebury) --
The first cities (Bronze age town : Palaikastro) --
The Iron Age (Navan) --
The classical age (Tockenham) --
The Dark Ages (Winterbourne Gunner) --
The Medieval Age (A medieval castle : Hylton) --
New settlements (A colonial settlement : St. Mary's City) --
The Industrial age (A favtory : Soho, Birmingham).

Genres: History, Archaeology, Reference, Nonfiction, Science, World History, Art

208 pages, Hardcover

First published October 8, 1998

Reviews

[Zora · Rating 2 out of 5]

high-school-level book. Pretty pictures as always with this publisher.

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Late recensie, kwestie van de gaten op te vullen. Ik heb dit boek eigenlijk via de verzamelmap in De Morgen (of was het een andere krant?) gekocht. Elke week, zo'n 20 jaar geleden, verscheen een nieuw deel. Ik had echter 1 deel te kort, zodat het boek onvolledig was.

Het behandelt, op beknopte wijze, de verschillende soorten religies in de wereld. Op zich best interessant, maar het formaat met de map was, bij nader inzien, best onhandig. Dan is de boekvorm beter.

Ook zijn er intussen veel meer en betere werken verschenen, in allerlei talen.

[Jordan Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite archaeology book! Perfect blend of history and archeology. It covers pretty much everything within the field, even if information given on each topic is relatively basic.
A lot of illustrations and color photos also make the book easily accessible.
A very interesting, great non-fiction book.

[Kass Johns · Rating 5 out of 5]

ANYTHING published by Dorling Kindersley is of high quality and visually stunning!