The Adventure of archaeology / Brian M. Fagan.--

Washington, DC, Estados Unidos : National Geographic Society, 1985.

368 p. ; 29 cm.

Corresponde a la colección Nicholas Hellmuth.

CONTENTS; FOREWORD.....page 6; THE ADVENTURE BEGINS.....page 9; THE TREASURE HUNTERS....page 29; IN SEARCH OF BURIED CITIES....page 57; FROM SPROT TO SCIENCE.....page 87; TOMBS, TEXTS, AND TROPHIES....page 105; SEEKING THE FIRST AMERICANS....page 133; PUTTING TIME IN ORDER....page 159; A NEW LOOK AT THE NEW WORLD....page 187; SCIENTITSTS IN THE FIELD....page 215; WHEN, WHERE-AND WHY.....page 243; LOST SHIPS, SUNKEN CITIES....page 271; TO THE ENDS OF EARTH AND TIME.... page 297; THE FUTURE OF THE PAS.....page 327; ADVENTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS: Three Centuries of Discovery....page. 356; JOURNEY THROUGH THE AGES: A Calendarof World Cultures.... page. 358; BIBLIOGRAPHY.....page. 360; AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....page 361; ILLUSTRATIONS CREDITS.....page 362; THE PAST ON DISPLAY....page 363; WHERE TO GO ON DIGS....page 364; INDEX.....page 364;