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Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documents the process of creating the 8,000 terracotta warriors that stand at the tomb of the self-proclaimed first emperor of China. The story of China's 8,000 terracotta warriors begins two centuries before the birth of Christ. The First Emperor of China was preparing an extravagant tomb for his journey into the afterlife, and decreed that he be protected forever by a monumental army. Since then no one has seen these ancient warriors in their original...
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Series
Occasional paper volume no. 14
Publisher
San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Physical Desc
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps (some folded) : 28 cm.
Author
Formats
Description
Hell Creek, Montana, is one of the most windswept, hardscrabble locales in the American West-a quiet town of ranchers, farmers, and others who seek the beauty of the open spaces. It is also the unlikely setting of some of the most fascinating events in the history of the United States and North America. From the first-ever discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex to Lewis and Clark's landmark expedition; from the Freeman compound standoff to Sitting Bull...
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Publisher
The University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Description
In this monograph, we consider the prehistory of one of California's least-known, most isolated, and last-studied estuaries: Morro Bay on the central coast of California in San Luis Obispo County. Morro Bay is a shallow 2000-acre estuary that was occupied by speakers of Northern Chumash at the time of historic contact in 1769. Here we summarize findings from a 14-year project investigating middens in the communities of Los Osos and Baywood Park. The...
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Publisher
The University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xii, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Description
The California coastline has long been of interest to archaeologists. This book directs attention to the largely ignored Pecho Coast, a rugged, isolated 20km long peninsula between modern-day Morro Bay and Pismo Beach. Archaeological work along this stretch was last synthesized in 1972. Jones and Codding now bring together the extensive contract work and field school studies of the intervening years, shedding new light on the region's early inhabitants....
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
Description
"Shows how ancient treasures help scientists today to piece together the puzzle of the Inca's past. Includes Inca pottery, textiles, and the mummy called the Ice Maiden"--From source other than the Library of Congress
Author
Series
Coastal Branch volume paper no. 10
Publisher
San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps (some folded) : 28 cm.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xi, 375 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Description
In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat–complete with its crew of 60 men–not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. Over the next six years, they became expert and well-traveled researchers, taught themselves German, hunted for clues in Germany, and constructed theories corrective of the history books, all...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
287 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
In this thriller set in the Middle East of 1914, Somerville, a British archaeologist, and his team are excavating a long-buried Assyrian palace when an American geologist from an oil company posing as an archaeologist arrives one day and insinuates himself into Somerville's group. But he's not the only one working undercover to stake a claim on Iraq's rich oil fields.
Series
Occasional paper volume no. 19
Publisher
San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
viii, 128 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Author
Series
Coastal Branch volume paper no. 12
Publisher
San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
vi, 194 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. (some folded), maps ; 28 cm.
Series
Coastal Branch volume paper no. 11
Publisher
San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some folded), maps (1 folded) : 28 cm.
77) Ancient Greece
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 28 cm.
Description
Highlights the many archaeological digs and findings in Greece and discusses what life was like in ancient Greece.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"In 2005, a group of construction workers in Jerusalem made an incredible discovery. Underneath the parking lot they were digging up lay an ancient city that was built in the tenth century! Three years later, gold coins from an even earlier century were found at the site. The city of Jerusalem is like a layer cake of history-more than five thousand years of complicated history-all of which author Ellen Morgan explains clearly and objectively in this...
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Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
11 CDs (13 hrs., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bestselling author Lady Fiona Carnarvon tells the thrilling behind-the-scenes story of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun on its centennial, and explores the unparalleled life of family ancestor George Herbert, the famed Egyptologist, world-traveler, and 5th Earl of Carnarvon behind it, whose country house, Highclere Castle, is the setting of the beloved series Downton Abbey.
Publisher
[distributed by Joan Sullivan through] artseen@charter.net
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dr. Parker introduces the volunteers who continue to work on cataloging the Chinatown artifacts which were discovered beneath the Palm Street Parking Garage in San Luis Obispo. He also gives a tour of the Elfin Forest and shows where the Chumash Indian middens are located.
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