Describes the explorations, excavations, and triumphs of the men and women responsible for forty great archaeological discoveries--from Schliemann's Troy, to the Rosetta Stone, to Leakey's finds at Olduvai Gorge
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This is a fun book. Unpretentious and straight-talking, it dispenses capsules of famous archaeological events with enough enteric coating of rumor and dig lore to make them tasty. Robbins groups his capsules into seven doses: early man; cave and rock art; grave discoveries; lost cities; water sites; stone circles and astroarchaeology; and early writings decoded. Each dose gives brief, highly select, and popularly told information on major finds in the category. One might question Robbins's choices here and there (e.g., a lot about Pompeii, already overcovered). But generally the selection is good, including finds like Ophir in Zimbabwe; the Alpine lake dwellings; and the Skudelev long ships. Chronologies of sites and discovery dates are appended. Not for the scholar, this is just what it professes to be--an undergraduate Gods, Graves and Scholars (by C.W. Ceram, Knopf, 1967; Random, 1986. pap.), designed to pique the interest of the novice.
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Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Describing 40 of the world's most dramatic archeological discoveries, Robbins, who teaches anthropology at Michigan State University, offers a comprehensive introduction to the field. In chapters arranged by finds (i.e., art, tombs, written records, etc.), he details major archeological expeditions. Emphasizing the single-mindedness of such figures as Louis Leakey, who sought human origins in East Africa; Howard Carter and Lord Carnavon, who searched for King Tut's tomb; and Heinrich Schliemann, determined to locate Homer's Troy--all of whom pursued their beliefs in face of widespread skepticism--Robbins also points out the role of happenstance in the unearthing of many of the world's great archeological discoveries. This even-toned survey, ranging far and wide but not too deep in any one spot, will be valued by newcomers to archeology. Well-versed readers will likely be more interested in the extensive bibliography.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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