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Chris Scarre is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham.

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Past Worlds: Atlas of Archaeology (1988) 645 exemplaren
Ancient Civilizations (1997) 100 exemplaren
Atlas of Medieval Civilizations (1990) 2 exemplaren
Atlas of Ancient Civilizations (1989) 2 exemplaren
The Human Past Essentials (2021) 1 exemplaar

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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology (1996) — Medewerker — 132 exemplaren
The Antiquaries Journal 85 (2005) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar

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A Stunning Panorama of Mankind's Heritage How have men and women lived in the four million years of human existence? With what shelter and tools, strategies and rituals did they meet live's dangers and opportunities? The Times History of Archaeology, now rejacketed in the line with the striking new Times thematic cover style, is an archaeological reconstruction of the human story, using hundreds of maps, illustrations, photographs and meticulous reconstructions of ancient sites. Global in scope and compiled by an international team of leading specialists, The Times History of Archaeology is a fabulous survey of man's compelling past.
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DavidFranks | Jan 21, 2024 |
Chris Scarre’s Chronicle of the Roman Emperors is very well written and amply illustrated. This 240 page book presents all the basic information on the different emperors and their reigns in a balanced and very readable manner. It is quite a feat to manage to outline their respective characters in the relatively brief space allotted to each of them within the format of this book; yet the author generally succeeds remarkably well at this. Some are of course necessarily portrayed more detailed than others, and some only very sketchily, depending on how long they held (or vied for) power. For the most part the layout works well, though not always – at times I would choose to rather leaf back to read some of the information in the sidebars, and especially in the case of the double paged inserts with photos and texts focusing on construction works. Though just that detailed information on the major buildings and monuments that were constructed under the different reigns was also one feature of this book that I very much appreciated.
Each short biography starts out with photographs of busts and/or coin portraits of the individual emperors and quotations from Roman historians, and there are also sidebars with information about dates of birth, accession and death, and imperial titles – which gives you a quick overview - and their genealogical trees are given whenever it is relevant. The bias of earlier historians are discussed, and I thought this was handled really well also in connection with the tensions between paganism and Christianity. Scarre has done a great job in his descriptions and discussions of the personal qualities of each emperor; be it in warfare, in private, public and religious life, or as reformers or builders - and the waxing and waning of the empire is presented clearly and with good maps, though there could perhaps have been a few more of them. Then again there could have been more of almost everything (after all this book covers a period of nearly 500 years) but then that would also have been an entirely different book. This works perfectly well as it is, and as a basic introduction I’d recommend it for anyone.




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saltr | 5 andere besprekingen | Feb 15, 2023 |
Tato kniha obsahuje kromě faktografických údajů a nákresů 333 ilustrací a 140 barevných fotografií a podává výpověď o dovednosti dávných architektů a stavitelů, jež vytvořila trvalé památníky - některé pro praktické účely, jiné pro prestiž a propagandu - které nepřestávají po staletí uchvacovat a inspirovat další a další generace.
 
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Hanita73 | Mar 25, 2022 |
More than 50 large scale visual timecharts reveal at a glance exactly what was happening at the same time in every corner of the world. Illutstrated with more than 1600 photos of artifacts and artist reconstructions, 100 + specially commissioned.
 
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