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Before Civilization: The Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe. By Colin Renfrew. Jonathan Cape.
October 23, 2010 – 5:13 pm | Comments Off

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Before Civilization: The Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe
by Colin Renfrew
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973
How did the great advances in prehistory come about? In this highly original and provocative study, Professor …

Traces of the Past: Unraveling the Secrets of Archaeology through Chemistry . By Joseph B. Lambert. Addison-Wesley.
October 13, 2010 – 1:10 pm | Comments Off

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Traces of the Past: Unraveling the Secrets of Archaeology through Chemistry
by Joseph B. Lambert
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997
In exploring these and other historical enigmas, Joseph Lambert brings the hard science …

Lost Cities. By Paul G. Baun, ed. Welcome Rain.
October 7, 2010 – 9:05 am | Comments Off

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Lost Cities
by Paul G. Baun, ed.
New York: Welcome Rain, 1999
Lost or abandoned cities, suddenly reclaimed for the modern world, are one of the most exciting aspects of archaeology. These …

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology . By Andrew Sherratt, ed.. Prentice Hall.
September 15, 2010 – 6:32 am | Comments Off

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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology
by Andrew Sherratt, ed.
Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice Hall, 1980
In the last decade archaeology has been revolutionized and has in turn transformed our views of our own origins …

The Emergence of Man. By John E. Pfeiffer. Thomas Nelson and Sons.
July 20, 2010 – 5:10 pm | Comments Off

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The Emergence of Man
by John E. Pfeiffer
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1970
Man is the only living creature who can study himself and look for his own beginnings. The Emergence of Man …

Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind’s First Three Million Years . By Robert J. Wenke. Oxford University Press.
July 18, 2010 – 12:15 am | Comments Off

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Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind’s First Three Million Years
by Robert J. Wenke
New York: Oxford University Press, 1984
This comprehensive review of world pre-history is organized around the five topics central to archaeology: …

The Dawn of Human Culture . By Richard G. Klein with Blake Edgar. John Wiley & Sons.
June 14, 2010 – 4:50 pm | Comments Off

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The Dawn of Human Culture
by Richard G. Klein with Blake Edgar
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002
Some fifty thousand years ago Homo sapiens,the newest branch of a long and …

Ascent to Civilization: The Archaeology of Early Humans . By John A. J. Gowlett. McGraw-Hill.
April 21, 2010 – 2:43 pm | Comments Off

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Ascent to Civilization: The Archaeology of Early Humans
by John A. J. Gowlett
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993
The world of prehistoric humans, of the three million years between the time the first human …

Making Silent Stones Speak: Human Evolution and the Dawn of Technology. By Kathy D. Schick and Nicholas Toth. Simon & Schuster.
April 14, 2010 – 8:35 am | Comments Off

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Making Silent Stones Speak: Human Evolution and the Dawn of Technology
by Kathy D. Schick and Nicholas Toth
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993
Who were the earliest tool makers? How did they …

History of Mankind. Volume I: Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization. By Jacquetta Hawkes and Sir Leonard Woolley. Harper & Row.
February 16, 2010 – 11:15 pm | Comments Off

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History of Mankind. Volume I: Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization
by Jacquetta Hawkes and Sir Leonard Woolley
New York: Harper & Row, 1962
Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization,Part One, by Jacquetta …

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