The future of the past
Subtitle: archaeology in the twenty-first century
By: Eberhard Zangger ; translated from the German edition by Storm Dunlop.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Archaeology.; Archaeology -- Forecasting.; Archaeological geology.; Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part One The Doubtful Significance of Natural Catastrophes; title: 1 The Eruption of Thera: An Unwanted Research Project 3; title: Life and Death on the Volcano 3; title: A Visit from a Mathematician 7; title: Excavations in the Library 9; title: How Archaeology and Geology Found Common Ground 14; title: Trends in the Spirit of the Age 15; title: The Eruption of Krakatau 18; title: In the Realm of King Minos 20; title: The Theories of Spyridon Marinatos 22; title: How Does One Start a Tsunami? 25; title: Outmoded Hypotheses or Unnecessary Hysteria? 28; title: The Remnants of Former Glory 29; title: Crete Goes for a Swim 34; title: But There It Is! 35; title: Where or What was the Collapse? 37; title: Irreconcilable Discrepancies 39; title: The Year of the Eruption 42; title: 2 Earthquake: Was Civilisation Nature's Plaything? 47; title: The earth quakes in Heraklion 47; title: A 4000-year-old Town Straight from the Drawing Board 49; title: How the Sites Defied Earthquakes 53; title: The Secrets of the Amari Valley 57; title: Earthquakes Past and Present 62; title: What Causes Radical Cultural Change? 65; title: 3 Climate: History Cutting Capers 69; title: Did Climate Change Cause the Upheaval about 1200 BC? 69; title: Discovery and Investigation of the 'Palace of Nestor' 72; title: Pollen and the History of Climate 73; title: The Pylos Regional Archaeology Project 75; title: Climate or Humans? 79; title: Part Two Archaeological Research in the Twenty-first Century; title: 4 Techniques: Archaeology Past and Present 85; title: Aegean Prehistory in Former Times 88; title: Aspects of Modern Field Archaeology 90; title: Fieldwork in the Future 91; title: The Organisation and Requirements of Fieldwork 93; title: Archaeology Takes Off 98; title: Down to Earth 100; title: The Limits of Technology 103; title: 5 Humans and the Environment: A Lost Paradise 107; title: Vanished Landmarks 107; title: The Exhaustion of Natural Resources 108; title: Challenges for Geoarchaeology 111; title: Existence in the Garden of Eden 113; title: The Move to Settlement 116; title: The Untouched World of Albania 121; title: 6 Engineering Knowledge: The Control of Water and Town; title: Planning 125; title: Technical Reconstruction 125; title: Hydraulic Engineering in Mycenaean Times 126; title: A Granary Becomes a Desert 130; title: Of Ports and Men 132; title: Urban Development 135; title: Mysterious Labyrinths 136; title: A Magical Dance 139; title: Future Prospects 141; title: Part Three Great Riddles of Mediterranean Archaeology; title: 7 Atlantis: The End of a Legend 145; title: A Gruesome Find 145; title: Lost in Space and Time 146; title: Plato's Most Ambitious Project 148; title: Plato's Role as a Disseminator of Ideas 150; title: Fiction or Fact? 151; title: Past and Present Explanations 157; title: Prehistoric Greece in Plato's Text 158; title: Critical Translation Errors 161; title: Features ofAtlantis 168; title: An Independent Opinion 178; title: 8 Troy: The Circle-girt City 181; title: Back into the Labyrinth 181; title: The Harbour at Troy 185; title: On Transporting Ships 188; title: 'The Myth of Troy' 191; title: 9 Western Asia Minor: The Gordian Knot 193; title: A Caravan Crosses Central Asia Minor 193; title: The Peculiarities of Asia Minor 195; title: Progress in the Stone Age 196; title: The Age of Metals and Fortifications 198; title: The Hittite Empire 201; title: World War Zero 205; title: Where is the Problem? 208; title: 10 The Dark Age: Where the Bull Came from that Bore Europa Away 213; title: The States of Asia Minor 213; title: Developments in Phrygia and Lydia 216; title: Caria: A Rendezvous 218; title: The Situation in Greece 220; title: Influences from the East 221; title: The State of Science 224; title: The Rise of Etruscan Culture 226; title: Intermediaries in Time and Space 229; title: Part Four The Future of the Past; title: 11 Archaeology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 237; title: The Philhellenes' View of the World 237; title: New Methods of Archaeological Research 244; title: What Does the Future Hold for Archaeology? 246; title: Adieu, Thera! 249; title: Bibliography 255; title: The Eruption of Thera 255; title: Earthquake 255; title: Climate 256; title: Techniques 256; title: Humans and the Environment 256; title: Engineering Knowledge 257; title: Atlantis 257; title: Troy 258; title: Western Asia Minor 258; title: The Dark Age 258; title: Archaeology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 259.