Paul Bahn (Freelance writer, translator, and broadcaster in archaeo

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Archaeology

A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

The explorations of archaeology encompass the whole globe, survey 2.5 million years, and range from deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, and from pebble tools to GPS. Its efforts to reconstruct and understand the past do not fail to fascinate us. Paul Bahn explores the importance of archaeology in this entertaining introduction.

Autor

Paul Bahn is a freelance writer, translator, and broadcaster in archaeology. He is a Fellow of the Society of ntiquaries, a corresponding member of the Archaeological Institute of America, a contributing editor of Archaeology magazine (New York), and vice-president (UK) of the Easter Island Foundation. He instigated and led the project which discovered Britain's only known Ice Age cave art in 2003.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 111mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 110g
• ISBN-13: 9780199657438
• ISBN-10: 0199657432
• Artikelnr.: 35467469