Archaeology

NY: Dell, 1973 225 pp., light to moderate toning. No spine creases or markings, a few pages have dog-ear creases. With b&w photos and illustrations. Green-tinted edges. An unorthodox survey of various archaelogical sites and what they hint at in terms of extraterrestial visits, etc. . First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - 7 in. Tall. more information

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953 428 pp. Very clean and sturdy, light wear, no markings except for tiny ink date on front endpaper, and previous owner's embossed ID seal on front endpaper and flyleaf. With 32 plates, bibliography and index. An introduction to archaelogy for the layman; a highly readable explanation of what archaelogy is all about and brief descriptions of some of its major figures.. 13th Printing. Cloth. very good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Berkley, 1974 252 pp. Previous owner's stamp on inside page. Light to moderate toning. Light spine creasing, binding sturdy. With maps and illustrations. A French pioneer in primohistory theorizes about Venusian expeditions to Earth in ancient times, . Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. 12mo -- 6.75 in. Tall. more information

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Irvine, California: Kherem La Yah Press, 1984 136 pp. with photos, drawings, bibliography, reference notes, linguistic charts. Fading of grey cover along spine. No spine creasing, no markings. Light wear. An errata sheet laid in. In this monograph written for laymen, Deal lays out his theory that ancient Hebrew mariners visited North America perhaps 3,000 years ago. He asserts that inscriptions found on a cliff in Valencia County, New Mexico, are a form of ancient Hebrew and proclaim the Ten Commandments. Several appendices discuss linguistic connections between Shemetic (Semitic) language and Toltec, Aztec and Maya languages. Deal is a theorist in diffusionism, refuting the idea that America was settled mainly by Eurasians crossing a Siberian land bridge. He also has done research on possible archaeological traces of Noah's Ark.. First Edition. Stiff Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to -- 10 in Tall. more information

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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997 233 pp. Inscription on front endpaper, otherwise no markings. Faint outline of a coffee spot on rear panel of dust jacket, slight chipping. A Biblical code discovered by Israeli mathemetician Eliyahu Rips and his colleagues in 1994 is presented in layman's terms by an investigative reporter. The code is a series of Hebrew words that can be found in the first 5 books of the Old Testament. Drosnin said he became a believer in the code after he warned Yitzhak Rabin of a foretold assassination a year before Rabin's murder occurred. An appendix gives the text of the 1994 Statistical Science paper that presented the code hypothesis to the scientific community. . Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Peking, China: Foreign Language Press, 1978 128 pp., with 8 pp. of color photos, additional b&w photos. Clean, light wear, no markings. Light soil on rear cover. A collection of 16 articles from various Chinese archaeologists and publications re archaeological work inside China during the 1970s. Quotes from Chairman Mao sprinkled throughout. Includes a summary of finds, plus details about Panlunghcheng, a Shang city; tombs f the early western Chou dynasty; a mining site in Hupeh province; Chu's tomb in Kiangling; Chin pottery unearthed in Kirin; an overview of the art of the early Chin Dynasty; silk books from Tomb 3 at Mawangtui; military treatises recovered from the Han Tombs. a Li Ping statue; mural paintings from the Wei and Tsin tombs at Chiayukuan; galleries of Tang Dynasty murals; relics found on the Hshish Islands, and more. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo -- 7.25 in Tall. more information

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NY: McGraw Hill, 1977 229 pp., with 16 pp. b&w photos. Commentary on "mysteries of time and space: including the Great Pyramids, Stonehenge, Mayan ruins, Holy Shroud, Biblical mysteries, etc. Price clipped on dj.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cologne, Germany : Konemann, 2000 319 pp. Very close to new, no markings. With bibliography, indexes, synoptic chronology. Color photos on nearly every page by Robert Polidori. A detailed survey of the cultures of the Levant region through the millennia as manifested by historic buildings, ruins and archaelogical sites. Numerous maps. Pictorial endpapers. Paul Aston, et al., translated from the original text in German.. English Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Folio -- 12.5 In Tall By 11 in Wide. more information

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Chicago: Rand McNally, 1958 384 pp. , 28 pp. of color photos. Some edgewear, bumping. Some stains on fore edge and previous owner's last name in ink on front endpaper. An account of Heyerdahl's exploration of Easter Island and its statues and caves. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1977 264 pp., 240 illustrations, photos and maps, 100 in color. Fine except for 1 by 2 inch upper right corner ripped away from front free endpaper. No markings, binding solid. The son of Louis and Richard Leakey theorizes that 3 different species of hominids lived in the same era in prehistoric Africa. He argues that humans are distinguished from apes by their ability to share and construct a culture. Readable distilliation of archaelogical issues of guman evolution.. Leatherette. Very Good/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994 292 pp. with b&w photos, illustrations. Bibliog., notes, index. British archaeologist-anthropologist applies radiocarbon dating to conclude that European prehistoric cultures predate Pyramids.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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1964: Dial Press, 1993 402 pp., 9 pp. b&w photos. L.C. No. 63-19933. Several line sketches, index. Ten selections about major digs in Egypt, Babylon, Troy. A library discard with stampings, pages somewhat yellowed, but book is strong. . Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: Bantam, 1973 180 pp. Lower right front corner thumbed and rubbed. Light rubbing along spine and edges. Light browning of text. Binding still tight. Several b&w photos. An Australian historian presents his theory that extraterrestrials brought advanced knowledge to earth eons ago, and we are now rediscovering the technology and science they already had.. 3rd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. 12mo. more information

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Baltimore: Penguin, 1963 157 pp. Slight edgewear on corners. No markings. Spine uncreased. Close to new. With b&w photos. A treatise on the development of archaelogical field methods, based on a BBC series. The original 1930 book has been revised and reprinted.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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