Larousse encyclopedia of archaeology / General editor: Gilbert Charles-Picard ; Translated from the French by Anne Ward.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, French Publication details: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972 Description: 432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0600754512
  • 9780600754510
Other title:
  • Encyclopedia of archaeology
Uniform titles:
  • Archéologie. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 913/.031
LOC classification:
  • R CC 165 L332 1972
Contents:
[Part 1] Archaeology at work What is archaeology? / Gilbert Charles-Picard How monuments survive / Gilbert Charles-Picard How to locate a site / P. Courbin The excavation / P. Courbin Establishing dates / Gilbert Charles-Picard Restoration, exhibition and publication / Gilbert Charles-Picard [Part 2] The recovery of the past Prehistoric archaeology / L.-R. Nougier Western Asia before Alexander / M.-T. Barrelet The Nile valley / J. Leclant The Aegean world / C. Le Roy Classical Greece / O. Charles-Picard The Etruscans / R. Bloch The Romans / Gilbert Charles-Picard Europe in the Bronze and Iron Ages / J. Faviere The Americas / A. Laming-Emperaire India, Pakistan and Afghanistan / O. Viennot The Far East. South-east Asia / J. Boisselier ; China / N. Vandier-Nicolas
Summary: "[This book] surveys the whole world, not only the Near East and Greece and Rome, but also Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. . .The first part of the book, Archaeology at Work, defines and explores the field of archaeology. It discusses the survival of ancient relics, and reveals how sites for exploration can be located even when only the most tenuous evidence for their existence is available. Surveying, excavation, identification, attribution, dating, restoration, publication, and exhibition of discoveries--the authors explain these processes by which the great civilizations of the past as well as seemingly insignificant fragments of artifacts can be made to yield their secrets. The second part of the book, The Recovery of the Past, is devoted to the cultures and civilizations of former times, to the great cities, impressive monuments, gorgeous palaces, and fantastic tombs, concealed by the earth, ashes, or jungle, waiting through the centuries for a Schliemann, a Champollion, or a John Lloyd Stephens, or for the patient efforts of a dedicated research group, to bring them to light. Some 640 illustrations in color and monochrome illumine the pages of this work."
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Translation of Larousse L'archéologie découverte des civilisations dispaures

Bibliography: pages 421-423.

[Part 1] Archaeology at work
What is archaeology? / Gilbert Charles-Picard
How monuments survive / Gilbert Charles-Picard
How to locate a site / P. Courbin
The excavation / P. Courbin
Establishing dates / Gilbert Charles-Picard
Restoration, exhibition and publication / Gilbert Charles-Picard
[Part 2] The recovery of the past
Prehistoric archaeology / L.-R. Nougier
Western Asia before Alexander / M.-T. Barrelet
The Nile valley / J. Leclant
The Aegean world / C. Le Roy
Classical Greece / O. Charles-Picard
The Etruscans / R. Bloch
The Romans / Gilbert Charles-Picard
Europe in the Bronze and Iron Ages / J. Faviere
The Americas / A. Laming-Emperaire
India, Pakistan and Afghanistan / O. Viennot
The Far East. South-east Asia / J. Boisselier ; China / N. Vandier-Nicolas

"[This book] surveys the whole world, not only the Near East and Greece and Rome, but also Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. . .The first part of the book, Archaeology at Work, defines and explores the field of archaeology. It discusses the survival of ancient relics, and reveals how sites for exploration can be located even when only the most tenuous evidence for their existence is available. Surveying, excavation, identification, attribution, dating, restoration, publication, and exhibition of discoveries--the authors explain these processes by which the great civilizations of the past as well as seemingly insignificant fragments of artifacts can be made to yield their secrets. The second part of the book, The Recovery of the Past, is devoted to the cultures and civilizations of former times, to the great cities, impressive monuments, gorgeous palaces, and fantastic tombs, concealed by the earth, ashes, or jungle, waiting through the centuries for a Schliemann, a Champollion, or a John Lloyd Stephens, or for the patient efforts of a dedicated research group, to bring them to light. Some 640 illustrations in color and monochrome illumine the pages of this work."

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