The Science Times Book of Archaeology (The Science Times Book Of...Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558218939 ISBN 13: 9781558218932

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Gathers science articles from the New York Times, covering prehistoric, classical, biblical, North American, and underwater archaeology

About this title

About the Author

Nicholas Wade, a science reporter for The Times, was the editor of Science Times from 1990 through 1996. He is the author of The Ultimate Experiment, The Nobel Duel, Betrayers of Truth (with William J. Broad), and A World Beyond Healing, and editor of the Science Times books published by the Lyons Press. Wade was born in England and currently lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

From the Back Cover

Archaeologists' discoveries often answer burning questions about human history. Many patiently and methodically dig in the dirt, turning over rocks, seeking answers. While others use high-tech equipment to explore underwater realms. Whatever the method, however, the purpose is the same: to answer the questions that will add depth to our knowledge of time past.Travel back through The Times and piece together history with John Noble Wilford, Marlise Fowler, William J. Board, and other award-winning writers: Trail the footprints of the earliest modern human to the beginning of human history; unearth the 5,300-year-old perfectly preserved Iceman from an Alpine glacier; follow the long-ensuing debate as scientists searching for the first Americans break the "Clovis barrier" with the discovery of the Monte Verde site in Chile; visit the ancient cities of Titris Hoyuk, Pompeii, and Petra; stand in awe with French explorers before magnificent 30,000-year-old cave paintings of rhinos and bison; glide across the belly of the Mediterranean to hunt for clues about a bygone trade route with the world's smallest and deepest diving submarine. The Science Times Book of Archaeology is the prefect book for students, anyone interested in the development of modern culture, and all those fascinated with ancient civilizations and the course of human history. (71/4 X 91/2, 260 pages, illustrations, charts)

Reviews

These 47 essays, originally published in the New York Times between 1993 and 1998, explore prehistory, early civilizations, the classical world, biblical archaeology, the New World, and underwater archaeology. Topics range widely, covering the Iceman of Tirol, the early domestication of pigs, the rediscovery of King Tut's wardrobe, and the causes of the sinking of the Titanic. The essays chosen by Wade (editor of the Science Times from 1990 to 1996) present news events, thereby providing vignettes of the realms of archaeology rather than a complete view of archaeology in the 1990s. Longer introductions to each thematic section that provided more background and context to the essays would have strengthened the book. Readers with an interest in archaeology will find rewards here. Libraries without access to the original articles may want to acquire this work, but those with the New York Times can safely opt not to buy.AJoyce L. Ogburn, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558218939
• ISBN 13: 9781558218932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242
• Editor: Wade Nicholas