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<p><P>When we think of archaeology, most of us think first of its many spectacular finds&#58; the legendary city of Troy, Tutankhamun's golden tomb, the three-million-year-old footprints at Laetoli, the mile-high city at Machu Picchu, the cave paintings at Lascaux. But as marvelous as these discoveries are, the ultimate goal of archaeology, and of archaeologists, is something far more ambitious. Indeed, it is one of humanity's great quests&#58; to recapture and understand our human past, across vast stretches of time, as it was lived in every corner of the globe. Now, in <b>The Oxford Companion to</b> <b>Archaeology</b>, readers have a comprehensive and authoritative overview of this fascinating discipline, in a book that is itself a rare find, a treasure of up-to-date information on virtually every aspect of the field.<br> The range of subjects covered here is breathtaking&#151;everything from the domestication of the camel, to Egyptian hieroglyphics, to luminescence dating, to the Mayan calendar, to Koobi Fora and Olduvai Gorge. Readers will find extensive essays that illuminate the full history of archaeology&#151;from the discovery of Herculaneum in 1783, to the recent finding

Author

Brian M Fagan; Charlotte Beck; George Michaels; Christopher Scarre; Neil Asher Silberman

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199771219

Subjects

Science, History, Medical