
Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology by Paul Bahn
Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of archaeology. Know where to dig, how to dig, why to dig, what to say about the dig, how to dig the dig, what to drink, how much to drink, and even what to wear. Never again confuse a hypocaust with a hypothesis, a mastaba with something best kept to yourself, and the exemplary digger and TV personality Sir Mortimer Wheeler with a retiring academic who had no interest in seducing winsome and impressionable young female archaeologists. Bask in the admiration of your fellow undergraduates as you pronounce confidently on the merits of interpretive (correct) and post-processual archaeology, and hold your own against the most pretentious of archaeological know-alls. There’s no shortage of them. Do Say: If History is bunk, then Archaeology is junk. Don’t Say: ‘Look what I’ve just unearthed . . . do you think Richard 111 used plastic forks?’
Dating from 1953, Paul Bahn decided at an early age that he wanted to be an archaeologist since it seemed to be better than working for a living. As a child he dug holes in his back garden in Hull and found fragments of pottery, which proved to be Willow Pattern (Woolworths) and not Ancient Roman, but the thrill of discovery remained intact.
He later studied archaeology at Cambridge, obtained his Ph.D., and adopted the regulation beard and shapeless sweaters, but despite weeks of cutting through the South American jungle in search of lost settlements, he failed to acquire a taste for either tobacco or vast quantities of alcohol.
He therefore settled for freelance writing about what he considers to be the more interesting aspects of the subject such as horse teeth and engravings of genitalia (viz: Crib Biting: Tethered Horses in the Palaeolithic?; No Sex, Please, We're Aurignacians).
Paul Bahn's publications include a brick-like text, Archaeology co-authored with Colin Renfrew, Easter Island, Earth Island co-authored with John Flenley, and the lavishly illustrated Journey Through the Ice Age. Fortunately all this work entails a certain amount of travel which is why this book was written on a beach in Fiji rather than in a Portakabin by a rained-off rescue dig in Milton Keynes.
He later studied archaeology at Cambridge, obtained his Ph.D., and adopted the regulation beard and shapeless sweaters, but despite weeks of cutting through the South American jungle in search of lost settlements, he failed to acquire a taste for either tobacco or vast quantities of alcohol.
He therefore settled for freelance writing about what he considers to be the more interesting aspects of the subject such as horse teeth and engravings of genitalia (viz: Crib Biting: Tethered Horses in the Palaeolithic?; No Sex, Please, We're Aurignacians).
Paul Bahn's publications include a brick-like text, Archaeology co-authored with Colin Renfrew, Easter Island, Earth Island co-authored with John Flenley, and the lavishly illustrated Journey Through the Ice Age. Fortunately all this work entails a certain amount of travel which is why this book was written on a beach in Fiji rather than in a Portakabin by a rained-off rescue dig in Milton Keynes.
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ISBN 13 | 9781785215865 |
ISBN 10 | 1785215868 |
Title | Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology |
Author | Paul Bahn |
Series | Bluffer's Guides |
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Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Haynes Publishing Group |
Year published | 2019-09-12 |
Number of pages | 128 |
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