Three Stones Make A Wall Review

It tells the story of archaeology and select archaeologists from various regions of the world and it includes dozens of hand drawn illustrations to help make its points visually.

Three stones make a wall review.

The story of archaeology. Three stones make a wall is an overview of a lot of different archaeological sites and how archaeology is actually done there and how it has been done in the past. As the title of his new book promises eric cline s goal in three stones make a wall is to tell the story of archaeology fortunately for the readers of this excellent volume cline is a skilled storyteller who brings many of the great discoveries in world archaeology. Ceram s gods graves scholars.

Glynnis fawkes illustrator reviewed by jennie ebeling. Three stones make a wall. But three stones makes a wall is a fun informative and scholarly read an updated less romantic and breathless version of c. Any australian reader picking up this book may justifiably be dismayed to find the omission of the continent from what is otherwise a fairly wide ranging and balanced survey.

It s easy to read and not technical at all and if you have read specialist books on any of the digs mentioned schliemann s. Cline brings to life the personalities behind these digs including heinrich schliemann the former. Three stones makes a wall is an introduction to archaeology s history and practice. Press 2017 480 pp 50 line illus 2 maps 35 hardcover.

Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. This work also has endnotes and that is its one great weakness. On the whole three stones make a wall makes for a very good general introduction to the field though it is far from complete.