Archaeology from space : how the future shapes our past
(2019)
By:
Parcak, Sarah H.
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
930.1/PARCAK,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
277 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250198280, 1250198283 :, 1250198283, 9781250198280
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Time capsule -- Space archaeology -- The promise of space archaeology -- A risky business -- Digging in the wrong place -- A grand tour -- Empires fall -- A capital discovery -- The future of the past -- The challenge -- Stolen heritage -- Space archaeology for everyone
"A down-and-out so-and-so gets more than she bargained for when new technologies developed for use in space allow an anthropologist a new perspective on earth's ancient histories and new ways of coping with those"--