San Antonio College Library

"[This book] surveys the whole world, not only the Near East and Greece and Rome, but also Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. . .The first part of the book, Archaeology at Work, defines and explores the field of archaeology. It discusses the survival of ancient relics, and reveals how sites for exploration can be located even when only the most tenuous evidence for their existence is available. Surveying, excavation, identification, attribution,...

An anthology, ranging over nearly a century and a half, of authentic adventures recounted, in their own words, by archaeological explorers in Mexico, Central America, And Peru--From book jacket.