1994, ISBN: 9780812213126

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Basic Books - A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 1994. 171 Pages. Indexed. Illustrated throughout. Tight bright book with no marks or stamps. The appearance … Mehr…

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Basic Books - A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 1994. 171 Pages. Indexed. Illustrated throughout. Tight bright book with no marks or stamps. The appearance of unread book. Even harder than doing great science is explaining it. That's what The Science Masters Series does. Short easy to read books present cutting-edge ideas in a format that will enable a broad audience to attain scientific literacy. Contents in Eight Chapters: The First Humans, A Crowded Family, A Different Kind of Human, Man the Noble Hunter, The Origin of Modern Humans, The Language of Art, The Art of Language, and The Origin of Mind. Richard is the son of Mary and Louis Leakey, world famous antroopologists known for their extraordinary discoveries. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5 1/2" X 9"., Basic Books - A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 1994, 4, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. 407 Pages Indexed. About half of the total pages have some underlining or highlighting. Otherwise it is a bright tight little used book. Over 100 illlustrations with sources. Williams has written a cheerful and delightful excursion into the realms of fraud, hucksterism, wretched excess, and wishful thinking that constitute Fantastic Archaeology. From Indiana Jones to Lost Atlantis, from mysticism to Mu, Williams reviews the colorful characters and misguided theories which have misguided the public and exasperated mainstream archaeologists .Acknowledging the widespread appeal of these exotic ideas, he has long used them to teach his beginning students. His attitude in this volume is critical, bemused, and and even affectionate. Williams concludes with a review of North American archaeology, his particular interest, and it is to his credit that he makes the real thing as compelling as the rest of Amazing Archaeology. --- Michael Crichton. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 6" X 8 3/4"., University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780812213126

The landscape of the nineteenth century, Williams asserts, is dotted with fakes, frauds, and humbugs whose fantastic claims of purported findings would make even P. T. Barnum blush. In Fa… Mehr…

The landscape of the nineteenth century, Williams asserts, is dotted with fakes, frauds, and humbugs whose fantastic claims of purported findings would make even P. T. Barnum blush. In Fantastic Archaeology, Williams takes them all on with gusto--illuminating, debunking, and instructing on the modes, methods, manners, and manifestations of American archaeology through the past two centuries. The author begins his walk on the wild side of North American archaeology with a fascinating introduction to the continent's real past. Then, acting as detective, he answers the questions, Who Found It? Who Done It? Who Twisted the Facts? From solemn old professionals like Samuel Haven to eccentric "odd fishes" like Constantine Rafinesque, from brash "free thinkers" like Harold S. Gladwin to stoic strategists like A. V. Kidder, Williams enthusiastically portrays them all. The big issues are here, too: the quest for the first Americans, the transoceanic search for links to distant civilizations, and the meaning of ancient writings. From monstrous stone giants to mysterious messages from the past, right up to the real story of America's archaeological past, the author unearths a wondrous tale that will amaze, delight, and inform professional and general readers alike. Media > Book, [PU: University of Pennsylvania Press]<

ISBN: 9780812213126

University of Pennsylvania Press. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the tex… Mehr…

University of Pennsylvania Press. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., University of Pennsylvania Press<