HISTORY WAS BURIED : A Source Book of Archeaology (Revised American Edition)

Margaret Wheeler

ISBN 10: 0883652854 / ISBN 13: 9780883652855

Published by Galahad Books, New York, NY, 1974

About this Item

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. Seller Inventory # 019673

Bibliographic Details

Title: HISTORY WAS BURIED : A Source Book of ...

Publisher: Galahad Books, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

Edition: Revised Amercian Edition, First Thus