From Black Land To Fifth Sun
The Science Of Sacred Sites
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
8 April 1999
Summary
Until recently, archaeology was concerned mainly with piecing together the material lives of our ancestors. In this ground-breaking book, master storyteller and respected archaeologist Brian Fagan explains how cutting-edge science can now take us beyond the artifacts, into the mystical realm of shamans and spirit mediums, ancestor worship, and ritual sacrifice. From the Nile’s black land to the Aztec’s world of the Fifth Sun, from Stonehenge to Jericho, Fagan describes how Accelerator Mass Sp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780738201412 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0738201413 |
| Author: | Brian Fagan |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 1999 |
| Weight: | 574g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 155mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Helix Books |
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About The Author
Brian Fagan
Brian Fagan is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he has written many internationally acclaimed popular books about archaeology, including The Little Ice Age, Floods, Famines, and Emperors, and The Long Summer. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.
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