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Tables of Contents for The New York Times Book of Archeology
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
2
Before History Begins
3
64
Humans' Earliest Footprints Discovered
6
3
John Noble Wilford
Prehistoric Art Treasure is Found in French Cave
9
6
Marlise Simons
Vast Stone Age Art Gallery is Found, But Dam May Flood It
15
6
Marlise Simons
``Venus'' Figurines from Ice Age Rediscovered in an Antique Shop
21
4
John Noble Wilford
Iceman's Stone Age Outfit Offers Clues to a Culture
25
6
John Noble Wilford
World of Ancient Iceman Comes into Focus
31
4
Brenda Fowler
First Settlers Domesticated Pigs Before Crops
35
5
John Noble Wilford
Remaking the Wheel: Evolution of the Chariot
40
6
John Noble Wilford
Enduring Mystery Solved as Tin is Found in Turkey
46
6
John Noble Wilford
Finding Suggests Weaving Preceded Settled Life
52
5
Brenda Fowler
Another Ancient Innovation: City Planning
57
5
John Noble Wilford
Why Live in Russia? Maybe Mammoths Were the Lure
62
5
Michael Specter
Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Egypt
67
26
Ancient Clay Horse is Found in Syria
69
3
John Noble Wilford
Lost Capital of a Fabled Kingdom Found in Syria
72
5
John Noble Wilford
Tomb of Ramses II's Many Sons is Found in Egypt
77
4
John Noble Wilford
Long-Lost Field Notes Help Decode Treasure
81
6
John Noble Wilford
Forgotten Riches of King Tut: His Wardrobe
87
6
Brenda Fowler
The Classical World
93
32
Santorini Volcanic Ash, Traced Afar, Gives a Date of 1623 B.C.
95
3
Walter Sullivan
Outer ``Wall'' of Troy Now Appears to Be a Ditch
98
3
John Noble Wilford
Ancient City of Petra is Yielding its Secrets
101
4
Chris Hedges
Ancient Graves of Armed Women Hint at Amazons
105
3
John Noble Wilford
New Analysis of the Parthenon's Frieze Finds It Depicts a Horrifying Legend
108
5
John Noble Wilford
Archaeologists Unearth Treasure Buried by the Cold War
113
5
Michael Specter
Children's Cemetery a Clue to Malaria as Rome Declined
118
4
John Noble Wilford
Ice Cap Shows Ancient Mines Polluted the Globe
122
3
Malcolm W. Browne
Biblical Archaeology
125
26
Inscription at Philistine City Shows: This is the Right Place
128
6
John Noble Wilford
Fortress Yields Clues to Israel's Ancient Foe
134
4
John Noble Wilford
From Israeli Site, News of House of David
138
4
John Noble Wilford
Biblical Puzzle Solved: Jerusalem Tunnel is a Product of Nature
142
4
John Noble Wilford
Seeking a Replica of the Second Temple
146
5
Clyde Haberman
The New World
151
50
Human Presence in Americas is Pushed Back a Millennium
153
4
John Noble Wilford
Cave Filled with Glowing Skulls: A Pre-Columbian Palace of the Dead
157
7
John Noble Wilford
Corn in the New World: A Relative Latecomer
164
6
John Noble Wilford
Tomb Find Suggests a Royal Family Murder
170
5
John Noble Wilford
Volcano Captured Corn, Chilies and House Mice
175
4
John Noble Wilford
An Ancient ``Lost City'' is Uncovered in Mexico
179
3
John Noble Wilford
Lost Civilization Yeilds its Riches as Thieves Fall Out
182
4
John Noble Wilford
Archaeologists Wonder at a City That Survived the Maya Collapse
186
4
John Noble Wilford
Move Over, Iceman! New Star from the Andes
190
5
John Noble Wilford
Using Earth's Magnetic Pull to Track Ancient Treasure
195
6
John Markoff
Underwater Archaeology
201
2
Secret Sub to Scan Sea Floor for Roman Wrecks
203
5
William J. Broad
Roman Ships Found off Sicily, New Sites Broaden Study
208
3
John Noble Wilford
Saving the Ship That Revolutionized War at Sea
211
8
William J. Broad
Watery Grave of the Azores to Yield Shipwrecked Riches
219
7
William J. Broad
Archaeologists Revise Portrait of Buccaneers as Monsters
226
6
William J. Broad
Toppling Theories, Scientists Find Six Slits, Not Big Gash, Sank Titanic
232
6
William J. Broad
Lost Japanese Sub with Two Tons of Axis Gold Found on Floor of Atlantic
238
8
William J. Broad
The Latest from the Field
The Human Family Tree: Ten Adams and Eighteen Eves
246
6
Nicholas Wade
When No One Read, Who Started to Write?
252
6
John Noble Wilford
The Origins of the Europeans
258
6
Nicholas Wade
New Answers to an Old Question: Who Got Here First?
264
John Noble Wilford