HISTORY WAS BURIED : A Source Book of Archeaology (Revised American Edition)
by Margaret Wheeler
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0883652854
- ISBN 13
- 9780883652855
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New York, NY: Galahad Books, 1974. Revised Amercian Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Tex/BRAND NEW & Bright. Brick-red linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fair; intact w/tattered edges; consider without. Upper text block dyed red. Source book of major archaeologcal findings. First published in the UK under the titles "A Book of Archaeolog", and "A Second Book of Archaeology"; this is the Revised American Edition of 1967. Assembled by Margaret Collingridge Wheeler, Lady Wheeler (1916 - 1990), an Australian archaeologist who worked at Maiden Castle, Dorset with Mortimer Wheeler in the 1930s and at Jericho with Kathleen Kenyon in the 1950s. 431 pgs, achievements of foremost archaeologists are presented in chronoligical order and supplemented with b/w illustrations & photos. Included are the uncovering of treasure ships, royal tombs, the Dead Sea Scrolls, prehistoric caves with ancient drawings on the walls. Each account w/a synopsis of events leading up to the discovery, how the excavations were organized & managed, and the relevance of the findings. Fine copy in a worn dustjacket.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
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- Title
- HISTORY WAS BURIED : A Source Book of Archeaology (Revised American Edition)
- Author
- Margaret Wheeler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Amercian Edition, First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0883652854
- ISBN 13
- 9780883652855
- Publisher
- Galahad Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- History/Archaelology/A Book of Achaelogy + A Seond Book of Archaeolgy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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