Kennedy Maev. The History of Archaeology

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2002. — 192 p. — ISBN: 0-7607-3082-2.- A journey through the legacy of the great civilizations ol the world, including the Bronze Age, Early Chinese and African archaeology, the empires of Greece and Rome, the Vikings in North America, and the Aztets and Incas ol South America.
- Key facts and dates extracted tor easy reference.
- Features on the significant sites, including the Imperial tombs of China, Stonehenge, the Tomb of Tutankhamun, the palace of Knossos on Crete, and the ritual mounds of the Mississippi.
- Biographies of the great archaeologists, including John Aubrey, 17th century scholar and wit; Heinrich Schliemann and his controversial excavation of Troy; Hiram Bingham, the Yale history lecturer who discovered the Inca "City in the Clouds"; and Howard Carter, who made the most famous discovery of all, the tomb of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun.