Three Stones Make A Wall Review

As the title of his new book promises eric cline s goal in three stones make a wall is to tell the story of archaeology fortunately for the readers of this excellent volume cline is a skilled storyteller who brings many of the great discoveries in world archaeology.

Three stones make a wall review.

Cline brings to life the personalities behind these digs including heinrich schliemann the former. But three stones makes a wall is a fun informative and scholarly read an updated less romantic and breathless version of c. Three stones make a wall is an overview of a lot of different archaeological sites and how archaeology is actually done there and how it has been done in the past. The story of archaeology.

This entry was posted in culture. It s easy to read and not technical at all and if you have read specialist books on any of the digs mentioned schliemann s. Ceram s gods graves scholars. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

This work also has endnotes and that is its one great weakness. It tells the story of archaeology and select archaeologists from various regions of the world and it includes dozens of hand drawn illustrations to help make its points visually. Written by eric cline an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience three stones make a wall traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries from pompeii to petra troy to the terracotta warriors and mycenae to megiddo and masada. Three stones make a wall.

On the whole three stones make a wall makes for a very good general introduction to the field though it is far from complete. Three stones makes a wall is an introduction to archaeology s history and practice. Press 2017 480 pp 50 line illus 2 maps 35 hardcover.