Three Stones Make A Wall Review

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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 makes a wall is an introduction to archaeology s history and practice. But three stones makes a wall is a fun informative and scholarly read an updated less romantic and breathless version of c. Ceram s gods graves scholars.

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. Press 2017 480 pp 50 line illus 2 maps 35 hardcover. Any australian reader picking up this book may justifiably be dismayed to find the omission of the continent from what is otherwise a fairly wide ranging and balanced survey. On the whole three stones make a wall makes for a very good general introduction to the field though it is far from complete.

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. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for three stones make a wall. 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.

The story of archaeology. This work also has endnotes and that is its one great weakness. 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.