Three Stones Make A Wall Review

Three stones make a wall.

Three stones make a wall review.

This entry was posted in culture. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. 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. The story of archaeology.

On the whole three stones make a wall makes for a very good general introduction to the field though it is far from complete. Written by eric cline an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience three stones make a wall traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries from pompeii to petra troy to the terracotta warriors and mycenae to megiddo and masada. This work also has endnotes and that is its one great weakness. 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.

Glynnis fawkes illustrator reviewed by jennie ebeling. 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. But three stones makes a wall is a fun informative and scholarly read an updated less romantic and breathless version of c. 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.

Three stones makes a wall is an introduction to archaeology s history and practice. Ceram s gods graves scholars. Cline brings to life the personalities behind these digs including heinrich schliemann the former.