Uncovering the Past - Stiebing, William H
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With over eighty photographs, illustrations, and maps, this vivid history is an outstanding introduction to the intruguing field of archaeology, chronicling the development of this former pastime of dilettantes into a rigorous science.
Despite popular portrayals, many archaeologists today covet knowledge rather than objects in their goal to understand vanished peoples and cultures. This absorbing nontechnical history focuses on the various phases archaeology as a discipline has moved through since its beginnings in the Renaissance. More than 80 illustrations, photos, and maps.

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With over eighty photographs, illustrations, and maps, this vivid history is an outstanding introduction to the intruguing field of archaeology, chronicling the development of this former pastime of dilettantes into a rigorous science.
Despite popular portrayals, many archaeologists today covet knowledge rather than objects in their goal to understand vanished peoples and cultures. This absorbing nontechnical history focuses on the various phases archaeology as a discipline has moved through since its beginnings in the Renaissance. More than 80 illustrations, photos, and maps.
Autorenporträt
William H. Stiebing, Jr. is Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and author of the critically acclaimed Out of the Desert?.