Publication
Parthas-Verl. c2014
Status
Available
Description
Organized into six thematic sections, this book gives short biographies and assessments of the achievements of 70 of the worlds greatest practitioners, written by a 40-strong team of contributors, themselves all eminent archaeologists and authors.
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LibraryThing member MarthaJeanne
This book consists of short biographies of 75 historically important archaeologists. 40 different authors wrote the biographies, often people who knew the person they are writing about.
The editor is to be congratulated on a volume that feels like it belongs together. The short biographies are
I read this in German. Some of the evenness may be due to the translation. In general, the translation read smoothly.
The editor is to be congratulated on a volume that feels like it belongs together. The short biographies are
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written by different people, but they stay in a fairly clear set up that makes it easy to compare them. I enjoyed this, but found it too heavy to read through for very long.I read this in German. Some of the evenness may be due to the translation. In general, the translation read smoothly.
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Language
Original language
English
ISBN
9783869640907