{"product_id":"9780500296752-the-great-archaeologists","title":"The Great Archaeologists","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Brian Fagan\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 300g, 320 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Thames \u0026amp; Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping account of 200 years of archaeological research, excavation and thought, told through the life stories of 70 of the world's greatest pioneers and practitioners.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Brian Fagan has assembled a team of some of the world's greatest living archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly about their distinguished predecessors. Full of fascinating anecdotes, personal accounts and unexpected insights, this comprehensively illustrated book encompasses more than two centuries of research and excavation round the globe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Controversial figures such as Heinrich Schliemann of Troy fame, and Aurel Stein, plunderer of ancient manuscripts from Central Asia, are reassessed. Little-known pioneers - for example, Max Uhle in Peru and Li Chi in China - are set beside the giants in the field: Lepsius, Mariette and Carter in Egypt; Koldewey, Doerpfeld and Woolley in the Near East; Stephens and Catherwood, discoverers of the Maya of Mexico; and Louis and Mary Leakey, who transformed knowledge of our African ancestry. Other indomitable women here include Gertrude Bell, explorer of Arabia and Iraq, Kathleen Kenyon, the excavator of Jericho, and the script-decipherer Tatiana Proskouriakoff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Fagan is Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author or editor of forty-six books, including \u003ci\u003eAncient North America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscovery!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Ice Age\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as seven widely used undergraduate college texts. He is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eAmerican Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiscover Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e magazines, and formerly wrote a regular column for \u003ci\u003eArchaeology\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46092254839003,"sku":"9780500296752","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/76b616b1f80a4208bb680fe303f63b9c.png?v=1727862473","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780500296752-the-great-archaeologists","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}