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Archaeology is the study of human activity in the past, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts (also known as eco-facts) and cultural landscapes (the archaeological record).
C. W. Ceram (20 January 1915 – 12 April 1972) was the pseudonym of German journalist, editor at Rowohlt Verlag, and author Kurt Wilhelm Marek, known for his popular works about archaeology. [1] He chose to write using a pseudonym — spelling his own name backward as an ananym , and latinizing the K as C — to avoid association with his ...
[7] [8] [9] Many archaeology journals also show a gender citation gap: articles written by women are less likely to be cited, especially by men. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Studies have generally shown that the imbalance in publication rates is because archaeology journals receive fewer submissions from women, rather than any detectable bias in the peer ...
Gods, Graves, and Scholars is a book by German writer C. W. Ceram about the history of archaeology. First published in 1949, Ceram's book introduced the general reading public to the origin and development of archaeology. It sold extremely well — over five million copies have been published in 30 languages — and remains in print today. [1]
John Lewis Romer (born 30 September 1941, in Surrey, England) is a British Egyptologist, historian and archaeologist.He has created and appeared in many TV archaeology series, including Romer's Egypt, Ancient Lives, Testament, The Seven Wonders of the World, Byzantium: The Lost Empire and Great Excavations: The Story of Archaeology.
The Bulletin of the History of Archaeology is an open access, peer-reviewed academic journal publishing research, reviews, and short communications on the history of archaeology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established in May 1991 by Douglas Givens. [ 3 ]
Archaeology books, featuring the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts , architecture , biofacts or ecofacts, sites , and cultural landscapes .
Elixir: A Human History of Water. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2011 (hardcover, ISBN 978-1-4088-1573-1). The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2013 ISBN 978-1-60819-692-0. A Brief History of Archaeology: Classical Times to the Twenty-First Century (2017, with Nadia Durrani) Routledge