Matches in Library of Congress for { ?s ?p Machine generated contents note: Part One The Doubtful Significance of Natural Catastrophes -- 1 The Eruption of Thera: An Unwanted Research Project 3 -- Life and Death on the Volcano 3 -- A Visit from a Mathematician 7 -- Excavations in the Library 9 -- How Archaeology and Geology Found Common Ground 14 -- Trends in the Spirit of the Age 15 -- The Eruption of Krakatau 18 -- In the Realm of King Minos 20 -- The Theories of Spyridon Marinatos 22 -- How Does One Start a Tsunami? 25 -- Outmoded Hypotheses or Unnecessary Hysteria? 28 -- The Remnants of Former Glory 29 -- Crete Goes for a Swim 34 -- But There It Is! 35 -- Where or What was the Collapse? 37 -- Irreconcilable Discrepancies 39 -- The Year of the Eruption 42 -- 2 Earthquake: Was Civilisation Nature's Plaything? 47 -- The earth quakes in Heraklion 47 -- A 4000-year-old Town Straight from the Drawing Board 49 -- How the Sites Defied Earthquakes 53 -- The Secrets of the Amari Valley 57 -- Earthquakes Past and Present 62 -- What Causes Radical Cultural Change? 65 -- 3 Climate: History Cutting Capers 69 -- Did Climate Change Cause the Upheaval about 1200 BC? 69 -- Discovery and Investigation of the 'Palace of Nestor' 72 -- Pollen and the History of Climate 73 -- The Pylos Regional Archaeology Project 75 -- Climate or Humans? 79 -- Part Two Archaeological Research in the Twenty-first Century -- 4 Techniques: Archaeology Past and Present 85 -- Aegean Prehistory in Former Times 88 -- Aspects of Modern Field Archaeology 90 -- Fieldwork in the Future 91 -- The Organisation and Requirements of Fieldwork 93 -- Archaeology Takes Off 98 -- Down to Earth 100 -- The Limits of Technology 103 -- 5 Humans and the Environment: A Lost Paradise 107 -- Vanished Landmarks 107 -- The Exhaustion of Natural Resources 108 -- Challenges for Geoarchaeology 111 -- Existence in the Garden of Eden 113 -- The Move to Settlement 116 -- The Untouched World of Albania 121 -- 6 Engineering Knowledge: The Control of Water and Town -- Planning 125 -- Technical Reconstruction 125 -- Hydraulic Engineering in Mycenaean Times 126 -- A Granary Becomes a Desert 130 -- Of Ports and Men 132 -- Urban Development 135 -- Mysterious Labyrinths 136 -- A Magical Dance 139 -- Future Prospects 141 -- Part Three Great Riddles of Mediterranean Archaeology -- 7 Atlantis: The End of a Legend 145 -- A Gruesome Find 145 -- Lost in Space and Time 146 -- Plato's Most Ambitious Project 148 -- Plato's Role as a Disseminator of Ideas 150 -- Fiction or Fact? 151 -- Past and Present Explanations 157 -- Prehistoric Greece in Plato's Text 158 -- Critical Translation Errors 161 -- Features ofAtlantis 168 -- An Independent Opinion 178 -- 8 Troy: The Circle-girt City 181 -- Back into the Labyrinth 181 -- The Harbour at Troy 185 -- On Transporting Ships 188 -- 'The Myth of Troy' 191 -- 9 Western Asia Minor: The Gordian Knot 193 -- A Caravan Crosses Central Asia Minor 193 -- The Peculiarities of Asia Minor 195 -- Progress in the Stone Age 196 -- The Age of Metals and Fortifications 198 -- The Hittite Empire 201 -- World War Zero 205 -- Where is the Problem? 208 -- 10 The Dark Age: Where the Bull Came from that Bore Europa Away 213 -- The States of Asia Minor 213 -- Developments in Phrygia and Lydia 216 -- Caria: A Rendezvous 218 -- The Situation in Greece 220 -- Influences from the East 221 -- The State of Science 224 -- The Rise of Etruscan Culture 226 -- Intermediaries in Time and Space 229 -- Part Four The Future of the Past -- 11 Archaeology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 237 -- The Philhellenes' View of the World 237 -- New Methods of Archaeological Research 244 -- What Does the Future Hold for Archaeology? 246 -- Adieu, Thera! 249 -- Bibliography 255 -- The Eruption of Thera 255 -- Earthquake 255 -- Climate 256 -- Techniques 256 -- Humans and the Environment 256 -- Engineering Knowledge 257 -- Atlantis 257 -- Troy 258 -- Western Asia Minor 258 -- The Dark Age 258 -- Archaeology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 259.. }
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- 2002318203 description "Machine generated contents note: Part One The Doubtful Significance of Natural Catastrophes -- 1 The Eruption of Thera: An Unwanted Research Project 3 -- Life and Death on the Volcano 3 -- A Visit from a Mathematician 7 -- Excavations in the Library 9 -- How Archaeology and Geology Found Common Ground 14 -- Trends in the Spirit of the Age 15 -- The Eruption of Krakatau 18 -- In the Realm of King Minos 20 -- The Theories of Spyridon Marinatos 22 -- How Does One Start a Tsunami? 25 -- Outmoded Hypotheses or Unnecessary Hysteria? 28 -- The Remnants of Former Glory 29 -- Crete Goes for a Swim 34 -- But There It Is! 35 -- Where or What was the Collapse? 37 -- Irreconcilable Discrepancies 39 -- The Year of the Eruption 42 -- 2 Earthquake: Was Civilisation Nature's Plaything? 47 -- The earth quakes in Heraklion 47 -- A 4000-year-old Town Straight from the Drawing Board 49 -- How the Sites Defied Earthquakes 53 -- The Secrets of the Amari Valley 57 -- Earthquakes Past and Present 62 -- What Causes Radical Cultural Change? 65 -- 3 Climate: History Cutting Capers 69 -- Did Climate Change Cause the Upheaval about 1200 BC? 69 -- Discovery and Investigation of the 'Palace of Nestor' 72 -- Pollen and the History of Climate 73 -- The Pylos Regional Archaeology Project 75 -- Climate or Humans? 79 -- Part Two Archaeological Research in the Twenty-first Century -- 4 Techniques: Archaeology Past and Present 85 -- Aegean Prehistory in Former Times 88 -- Aspects of Modern Field Archaeology 90 -- Fieldwork in the Future 91 -- The Organisation and Requirements of Fieldwork 93 -- Archaeology Takes Off 98 -- Down to Earth 100 -- The Limits of Technology 103 -- 5 Humans and the Environment: A Lost Paradise 107 -- Vanished Landmarks 107 -- The Exhaustion of Natural Resources 108 -- Challenges for Geoarchaeology 111 -- Existence in the Garden of Eden 113 -- The Move to Settlement 116 -- The Untouched World of Albania 121 -- 6 Engineering Knowledge: The Control of Water and Town -- Planning 125 -- Technical Reconstruction 125 -- Hydraulic Engineering in Mycenaean Times 126 -- A Granary Becomes a Desert 130 -- Of Ports and Men 132 -- Urban Development 135 -- Mysterious Labyrinths 136 -- A Magical Dance 139 -- Future Prospects 141 -- Part Three Great Riddles of Mediterranean Archaeology -- 7 Atlantis: The End of a Legend 145 -- A Gruesome Find 145 -- Lost in Space and Time 146 -- Plato's Most Ambitious Project 148 -- Plato's Role as a Disseminator of Ideas 150 -- Fiction or Fact? 151 -- Past and Present Explanations 157 -- Prehistoric Greece in Plato's Text 158 -- Critical Translation Errors 161 -- Features ofAtlantis 168 -- An Independent Opinion 178 -- 8 Troy: The Circle-girt City 181 -- Back into the Labyrinth 181 -- The Harbour at Troy 185 -- On Transporting Ships 188 -- 'The Myth of Troy' 191 -- 9 Western Asia Minor: The Gordian Knot 193 -- A Caravan Crosses Central Asia Minor 193 -- The Peculiarities of Asia Minor 195 -- Progress in the Stone Age 196 -- The Age of Metals and Fortifications 198 -- The Hittite Empire 201 -- World War Zero 205 -- Where is the Problem? 208 -- 10 The Dark Age: Where the Bull Came from that Bore Europa Away 213 -- The States of Asia Minor 213 -- Developments in Phrygia and Lydia 216 -- Caria: A Rendezvous 218 -- The Situation in Greece 220 -- Influences from the East 221 -- The State of Science 224 -- The Rise of Etruscan Culture 226 -- Intermediaries in Time and Space 229 -- Part Four The Future of the Past -- 11 Archaeology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 237 -- The Philhellenes' View of the World 237 -- New Methods of Archaeological Research 244 -- What Does the Future Hold for Archaeology? 246 -- Adieu, Thera! 249 -- Bibliography 255 -- The Eruption of Thera 255 -- Earthquake 255 -- Climate 256 -- Techniques 256 -- Humans and the Environment 256 -- Engineering Knowledge 257 -- Atlantis 257 -- Troy 258 -- Western Asia Minor 258 -- The Dark Age 258 -- Archaeology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 259.".
- 2002318203 tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: Part One The Doubtful Significance of Natural Catastrophes -- 1 The Eruption of Thera: An Unwanted Research Project 3 -- Life and Death on the Volcano 3 -- A Visit from a Mathematician 7 -- Excavations in the Library 9 -- How Archaeology and Geology Found Common Ground 14 -- Trends in the Spirit of the Age 15 -- The Eruption of Krakatau 18 -- In the Realm of King Minos 20 -- The Theories of Spyridon Marinatos 22 -- How Does One Start a Tsunami? 25 -- Outmoded Hypotheses or Unnecessary Hysteria? 28 -- The Remnants of Former Glory 29 -- Crete Goes for a Swim 34 -- But There It Is! 35 -- Where or What was the Collapse? 37 -- Irreconcilable Discrepancies 39 -- The Year of the Eruption 42 -- 2 Earthquake: Was Civilisation Nature's Plaything? 47 -- The earth quakes in Heraklion 47 -- A 4000-year-old Town Straight from the Drawing Board 49 -- How the Sites Defied Earthquakes 53 -- The Secrets of the Amari Valley 57 -- Earthquakes Past and Present 62 -- What Causes Radical Cultural Change? 65 -- 3 Climate: History Cutting Capers 69 -- Did Climate Change Cause the Upheaval about 1200 BC? 69 -- Discovery and Investigation of the 'Palace of Nestor' 72 -- Pollen and the History of Climate 73 -- The Pylos Regional Archaeology Project 75 -- Climate or Humans? 79 -- Part Two Archaeological Research in the Twenty-first Century -- 4 Techniques: Archaeology Past and Present 85 -- Aegean Prehistory in Former Times 88 -- Aspects of Modern Field Archaeology 90 -- Fieldwork in the Future 91 -- The Organisation and Requirements of Fieldwork 93 -- Archaeology Takes Off 98 -- Down to Earth 100 -- The Limits of Technology 103 -- 5 Humans and the Environment: A Lost Paradise 107 -- Vanished Landmarks 107 -- The Exhaustion of Natural Resources 108 -- Challenges for Geoarchaeology 111 -- Existence in the Garden of Eden 113 -- The Move to Settlement 116 -- The Untouched World of Albania 121 -- 6 Engineering Knowledge: The Control of Water and Town -- Planning 125 -- Technical Reconstruction 125 -- Hydraulic Engineering in Mycenaean Times 126 -- A Granary Becomes a Desert 130 -- Of Ports and Men 132 -- Urban Development 135 -- Mysterious Labyrinths 136 -- A Magical Dance 139 -- Future Prospects 141 -- Part Three Great Riddles of Mediterranean Archaeology -- 7 Atlantis: The End of a Legend 145 -- A Gruesome Find 145 -- Lost in Space and Time 146 -- Plato's Most Ambitious Project 148 -- Plato's Role as a Disseminator of Ideas 150 -- Fiction or Fact? 151 -- Past and Present Explanations 157 -- Prehistoric Greece in Plato's Text 158 -- Critical Translation Errors 161 -- Features ofAtlantis 168 -- An Independent Opinion 178 -- 8 Troy: The Circle-girt City 181 -- Back into the Labyrinth 181 -- The Harbour at Troy 185 -- On Transporting Ships 188 -- 'The Myth of Troy' 191 -- 9 Western Asia Minor: The Gordian Knot 193 -- A Caravan Crosses Central Asia Minor 193 -- The Peculiarities of Asia Minor 195 -- Progress in the Stone Age 196 -- The Age of Metals and Fortifications 198 -- The Hittite Empire 201 -- World War Zero 205 -- Where is the Problem? 208 -- 10 The Dark Age: Where the Bull Came from that Bore Europa Away 213 -- The States of Asia Minor 213 -- Developments in Phrygia and Lydia 216 -- Caria: A Rendezvous 218 -- The Situation in Greece 220 -- Influences from the East 221 -- The State of Science 224 -- The Rise of Etruscan Culture 226 -- Intermediaries in Time and Space 229 -- Part Four The Future of the Past -- 11 Archaeology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 237 -- The Philhellenes' View of the World 237 -- New Methods of Archaeological Research 244 -- What Does the Future Hold for Archaeology? 246 -- Adieu, Thera! 249 -- Bibliography 255 -- The Eruption of Thera 255 -- Earthquake 255 -- Climate 256 -- Techniques 256 -- Humans and the Environment 256 -- Engineering Knowledge 257 -- Atlantis 257 -- Troy 258 -- Western Asia Minor 258 -- The Dark Age 258 -- Archaeology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 259.".