The Future of the Past - Hardcover

Zangger, Eberhard, Ph.D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297643894 ISBN 13: 9780297643890

Publisher: Orion Pub Co, 2001

Synopsis

Most scientific disciplines experienced fundamental revolutions during the twentieth century. But not archaeology. However its time has come. More and more highly specialized scientists are taking over the investigation of the past. Using satellites, aircraft and helicopters, they are screening entire regions around the world in an attempt to find hidden traces of early societies. What's more, their discoveries are changing our views of prehistoric civilizations - and the new views are often in complete contrast to archaeology's established schools of thought.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the ancients knew more than we expected - perhaps more than we can imagine. And for the first time we are gaining a proper understanding of many of the age-old questions about the past. What was the effect of the volcanic eruption of Thera? What caused the collapse of the Minoan kingdom on Crete? Did Atlantis ever exist? Where was the cradle of Western civilization?
In The Future of the Past, the geoarchaeologist Eberhard Zangger addresses these and many other questions. He takes the reader into the field to look at various excavations around the world; explains current thinking in archaeological research; and explores the sophisticated method and techniques that have only recently become available and the unique insights gained from applying them. The result is a refreshingly novel view of the past and a glimpse of the future of archaeological science.

About this title

About the Author:

Eberhard Zangger, born in 1958, is an expert in the reconstruction of archaeological landscapes. He earned a PhD in geology from Stanford University, and was Senior Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. In 1991, he founded his own consulting bureau Geoarchaeology International in Zurich. Archaeological institutes across the world have invited Zangger to investigate the landscapes around many important archaeological sites. He has written and co-authored about seventy scientific articles which have appeared in American Journal of Archaeology, Journal of Field Archaeology, Oxford Journal of Archaeology and Hesperia. The Future of the Past is his fourth book.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Pub Co
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0297643894
• ISBN 13: 9780297643890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256