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From Black Land To Fifth Sun: The Science Of Sacred Sites (Helix Books)
Brian Fagan
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Description for From Black Land To Fifth Sun: The Science Of Sacred Sites (Helix Books)
Paperback. A prominent archaeologist uses the latest scientific techniques to interpret the spiritual lives of ancient people. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
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 Spectrometry, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Automated Design-mapping and other sophisticated scientific methods are helping us to decode the religious and spiritual beliefs of our forebears. This new ... Read more
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 Spectrometry, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Automated Design-mapping and other sophisticated scientific methods are helping us to decode the religious and spiritual beliefs of our forebears. This new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780738201412
SKU
V9780738201412
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Ref
99-4
About 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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