Digging Up The Past
Pelican Series A4. Reprint, published Dec 1937.
A fascinating and gorgeously-written book, written as a popular history of archaeology's methods and aims as a field. Woolley was a prominent figure in interwar archaeology and speaks with an unmistakable and endearing enthusiasm for his subject. The book is also a fascinating and disquieting look at the social dynamics of archaeological digs. "The archaeologist," Woolley's default practitioner, is clearly an Englishman. But in asides and between the lines of Woolley's text, it appears that the practitioners were much more diverse than one might infer from this.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus with a Fair Dust Jacket. Dust jacket has damage to spine section and grubby front cover. Book has ink stamp to title page and very minor wear to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Pelican Series A4. Reprint, published Dec 1937.
A fascinating and gorgeously-written book, written as a popular history of archaeology's methods and aims as a field. Woolley was a prominent figure in interwar archaeology and speaks with an unmistakable and endearing enthusiasm for his subject. The book is also a fascinating and disquieting look at the social dynamics of archaeological digs. "The archaeologist," Woolley's default practitioner, is clearly an Englishman. But in asides and between the lines of Woolley's text, it appears that the practitioners were much more diverse than one might infer from this.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus with a Fair Dust Jacket. Dust jacket has damage to spine section and grubby front cover. Book has ink stamp to title page and very minor wear to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Pelican Series A4. Reprint, published Dec 1937.
A fascinating and gorgeously-written book, written as a popular history of archaeology's methods and aims as a field. Woolley was a prominent figure in interwar archaeology and speaks with an unmistakable and endearing enthusiasm for his subject. The book is also a fascinating and disquieting look at the social dynamics of archaeological digs. "The archaeologist," Woolley's default practitioner, is clearly an Englishman. But in asides and between the lines of Woolley's text, it appears that the practitioners were much more diverse than one might infer from this.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus with a Fair Dust Jacket. Dust jacket has damage to spine section and grubby front cover. Book has ink stamp to title page and very minor wear to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.