Henri Frankfort

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maryland

The Birth of Civilization in the near East

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Christopher Heaney

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu

Christopher Heaney takes the reader into the heart of Peru's past to relive the dramatic story of the final years of the Incan empire, the recovery of their final cities and the fight over their future. Drawing on original research in untapped archives, Heaney portrays both a stunning landscape and the complex history of a region that continues to inspire awe and controversy today. --from publisher description

Cradle of Gold

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Craig Childs

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession

To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero--or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief? Written in his trademark lyrical style, Craig Childs's riveting new book is a ghost story--an intense, impassioned investigation into the nature of the past and the things we leave behind. We visit lonesome desert canyons and fancy Fifth Avenue art galleries, journey throughout the Americas, Asia, the past and the present. The result is a brilliant book about man and nature, remnants and memory, a dashing tale of crime and detection.

Finders Keepers

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Lorraine Evans

Near perfect condition. Minimal rolling on the dust jacket. Clean pages. Includes photos.

'Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Twelve skeletons were unearthed by archaeologists, ten without skulls, later examination of the skeletons revealed that their owners were all subjected to judicial execution by decapitation, one of which required several blows.

Similar fates have befallen other wretched souls, the undignified burial of suicides - in the Middle Ages, the most profound of sins - and the desecration of their bodies, go largely unrecorded. While plague pits, vast cemeteries where victims of the Black Death were tossed into the ground, their bodies festering one on top of another, are only today betraying their secrets.

Although unpalatable to some, these burial grounds are an important part of our social heritage. They have been fashioned as much by the people who founded and used them, as by the buildings, gravestones and other features which they contain. They are records of social change; the symbols engraved upon individual memorials convey a sense of inherent belief systems, as they were constructed, adapted or abandoned depending on people’s needs.

Burying the Dead explores how these attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone continual change. By studying the development of society’s funerary spaces, the author reveals how we continue to reinforce our relationships with the dead, in a constant and ongoing effort to maintain a bond with them.'

Texas

An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries

Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Twelve skeletons were unearthed by archaeologists, ten without skulls, later examination of the skeletons revealed that their owners were all subjected to judicial execution by decapitation, one of which required several blows.Similar fates have befallen other wretched souls, the undignified burial of suicides - in the Middle Ages, the most profound of sins - and the desecration of their bodies, go largely unrecorded. Whilst plague pits, vast cemeteries where victims of the Black Death were tossed into the ground, their bodies festering one on top of another, are only today betraying their secrets.Although unpalatable to some, these burial grounds are an important part of our social heritage. They have been fashioned as much by the people who founded and used them, as by the buildings, gravestones and other features which they contain. They are records of social change; the symbols engraved upon individual memorials convey a sense of inherent belief systems, as they were constructed, adapted or abandoned depending on people's needs.Symbols of Mortality explores how these attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone continual change. By studying the development of society's funerary spaces, the author will reveal how we continue to reinforce our relationships with the dead, in a constant and on-going effort to maintain a bond with them.

Burying the Dead

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Gregory McNamee

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

A Guide to Archaeological Sites

The Ancient Southwest

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13 magazines in each binder all in Pretty great condition. No special preservation techniques were used 

Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

History

Biblical Archaeology Review Collection

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Henri Frankfort

The Birth of Civilization in the near East

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Cradle of Gold

Craig Childs

Finders Keepers

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Burying the Dead

Gregory McNamee

The Ancient Southwest

Craig Childs

Finders Keepers

Biblical Archaeological Review Society

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Henri Frankfort

The Birth of Civilization in the near East

Christopher Heaney

Cradle of Gold

Craig Childs

Finders Keepers

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Burying the Dead

Gregory McNamee

The Ancient Southwest

Craig Childs

Finders Keepers

Biblical Archaeological Review Society

Biblical Archaeology Review Collection