Tombs Graves and Mummies: 50 Discoveries in World Archaeology
by Paul G. Bahn
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Bodies and graves present a unique and exciting aspect of archaeology, providing much information about social status through the quality and quantity of goods found in graves and tombs. This book surveys the great variety of this archaeological form from around the world, from the earliest fossil humans to the royal burials of Ur and the victims of the Battle of Little Bighorn, and explores what it is they have to tell us about the lives and deaths of our ancestors.Tags
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Paul G. Bahn obtained a doctorate in archaeology from the University of Cambridge and is an acknowledged expert on Ice Age cave art. He is the author and editor of several books on archaeology and resides in the U.K. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Romanovs; Lucy; Turkana Boy; Peking Man; Java Man; Ötzi the Iceman (show all 11); Lords of Sipán; Ampato Maiden; Chinchorro; Tutankhamun; Fujiwara mummies
- Important places
- Pompeii; Herculaneum, Italy; South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy; La Chaussée-Tirancourt; Murray River, Australia; Teotihuacán Site, San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico (show all 27); Mycenae; Guldhøj, Denmark; Klasies River Caves; Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Macedonia; Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; Sipán, Peru; Huaca Rajada, Peru; Lambayeque Valley, Peru; Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico; Tomb of Pacal, Palenque; Onitsha, Nigeria; Melanesia; Windover, Florida, USA; Pazyryk graves, Ust Ulagan Valley; Tarim Basin; Aconcagua; Wilmslow, England; Qilakitsoq, Greenland; Atacama Desert, Chile; Valley of the Kings, Egypt
- Important events
- Franklin expedition; Battle of Little Big Horn
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- Czech, English, German
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