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Tuckaleechee Cove: A Passage Through Time
ISBN: 9781621901679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Nestled amid the western slopes of the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, bisected by the Little River, and including the community of Townsend, Tuckaleechee Cove is known today as the peaceful side of the Smokies. Celebrated for its natural beauty, the area is also the site of human habitation dating back at least 13,000 years.
Tuckaleechee Cove s rich past emerged from years of archaeological and historical research that began in 1999 when a state highway project uncovered a wealth of Native American and Euro-American remains, including burial mounds, fragments of tools, weapons,... Nestled amid the western slopes of the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, bisected by the Little River, and including the community of Townsend,...
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T. rex and the Crater of Doom
ISBN: 9780691169668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished. This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as... Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonat... |
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Fossil Identification Field Guide
ISBN: 9780998283258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Description de la Table Isiaque: un des premiers apports notables à l'archéologue de l'Egypte antique
ISBN: 9782382749654 / Francuski / Miękka / 2022 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Note sur les armes franques trouvées au lieu de la Unarde (2258m d'altitude) dans les Pyrénées ariégeoises: Une hypothèse plausible pour la localisation d'un épisode périphérique de la Bataille de Ron
ISBN: 9782385089061 / Francuski / Miękka / 2022 / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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De tumbas, árboles y constelaciones: Deliberación comunitaria sobre la hipótesis antropogénica de Florentino Ameghino (1875-1950)
ISBN: 9798303419759 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2024 / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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An Archaeology of Unchecked Capitalism: From the American Rust Belt to the Developing World
ISBN: 9781836953234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Noah's Flood
ISBN: 9780684859200 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Over the millennia, the legend of a great deluge has endured in the biblical story of Noah and in such Middle Eastern myths as the epic of Gilgamesh. Now two distinguished geophysicists have discovered a catastrophic event that changed history, a gigantic flood 7,600 years ago in what is today the Black Sea.
Using sound waves and coring devices to probe the sea floor, William Ryan and Walter Pitman revealed clear evidence that this inland body of water had once been a vast freshwater lake lying hundreds of feet below the level of the world's rising oceans. Sophisticated dating techniques... Over the millennia, the legend of a great deluge has endured in the biblical story of Noah and in such Middle Eastern myths as the epic of Gilgamesh. ...
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The Dragon Seekers
ISBN: 9780738206738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary circle of fossilists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world--a world they had to piece together from the fossilized and often fragmentary remains of animals never before seen. In this transporting, seamlessly written book, Christopher McGowan takes us back to a time when geology and paleontology were as young and vibrant as genetic engineering is today. The nineteenth-century pioneers of these new disciplines were an eccentric lot, from different social classes and sexes, with a range of motivations in...
Against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary circle of fossilists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world--a...
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Mammoth: The Resurrection of an Ice Age Giant
ISBN: 9780738207759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this adventure-filled narrative, science writer Richard Stone follows two groups of explorers--one a Russian-Japanese team, the other a French-led consortium--as they battle bitter cold, high winds, and supply shortages to carry out their quest. Armed with GPS, ground-penetrating radar, and Soviet-era military helicopters, they seek an elusive prize: a mammoth carcass that will help determine how the creature lived, how it died--and how it might be brought back to life.A riveting tale of high-stakes adventure and scientific hubris, Mammoth is also an intellectual voyage through uncharted...
In this adventure-filled narrative, science writer Richard Stone follows two groups of explorers--one a Russian-Japanese team, the other a French-led ...
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The Stones Cry Out: How Archaeology Reveals the Truth of the Bible
ISBN: 9781565076402 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Were Sodom and Gomorrah real cities, and were they really destroyed in catastrophic firestorms? Can we respond to the historians who have long claimed that King David was only a mythical figure? Is there archaeological evidence for Jesus' historical existence here on earth? In recent excavation, archaeologists have unearthed both surprising and substantial answers to these questions and others. Pottery shards, stone inscriptions, ancient scrolls, and other fascinating artifacts have shed new light on the people and events of the Bible--bringing them from the realm of mystery... Were Sodom and Gomorrah real cities, and were they really destroyed in catastrophic firestorms? Can we respond to the historians who have long c... |
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The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World
ISBN: 9781857029635 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In The Dinosaur Hunters Deborah Cadbury recreates the remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between two men: Gideon Mantell uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, became obsessed with the lost world of the reptiles and was driven to despair. Richard Owen, a brilliant anatomist, gave the extinct creatures their name and secured for himself unrivalled international acclaim.
In The Dinosaur Hunters Deborah Cadbury recreates the remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between two men: Gideon Mantell uncovered giant bones in ...
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Beneath the Sands of Egypt: Adventures of an Unconventional Archaeologist
ISBN: 9780061732836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Donald Ryan is a rare bird--a field archaeologist who can write with verve and immediacy. I heartily recommend his book to all Egyptology buffs."
--Barbara Mertz ( a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters), author of Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs A real-life "Indiana Jones," Donald P. Ryan, Ph.D., offers a breathtaking personal account of his adventures in archaeology in Beneath the Sands of Egypt. Fans of The Lost City of Z will thrill to the exploits of this "unconventional archaeologist" as he retrieves the remains of Egypt's past--including his breakthrough... "Donald Ryan is a rare bird--a field archaeologist who can write with verve and immediacy. I heartily recommend his book to all Egyptology buffs." |
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Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
ISBN: 9780316066464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Renowned naturalist Craig Childs explores the paradoxical nature of anthropological excavation amongst the Native American ruins his work is based upon.
To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero--or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief? Written in his trademark lyrical style, Craig Childs's riveting new book is a ghost story--an intense, impassioned investigation into the nature of the past and the things we leave behind. We visit lonesome desert canyons and fancy Fifth... Renowned naturalist Craig Childs explores the paradoxical nature of anthropological excavation amongst the Native American ruins his work is based upo...
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Quest for Life in Amber
ISBN: 9780201489286 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. George Poinar began collecting amber specimins over thirty years ago, but it was only recently that he, Roberta Poinar, and the rest of his research team astounded the scientific community with the news that they had obtained "live" DNA strands from an insect over 40 million years old. The news was so significant that it made headlines throughout the world. Since that time, their lab has remained extraordinarily active, and in the summer of 1993, they were able to announce the successful extraction of preserved DNA strands over 125 million years old. Thus, there is now DNA available for study...
George Poinar began collecting amber specimins over thirty years ago, but it was only recently that he, Roberta Poinar, and the rest of his research t...
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Stones of Contention
ISBN: 9781943003549 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Megafauna: First Victims of the Human-Caused Extinction
ISBN: 9781544526515 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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A New Garbology Manifesto
ISBN: 9783032034304 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Did God Create T-Rex?: Digging for Truth Between Genesis and the Jurassic
ISBN: 9782733202920 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind
ISBN: 9780517888520 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this riveting account of historical and archaeological investigation, the authors present hard evidence that the Sphinx, the Pyramids, and the other monuments at Giza are of far more ancient origin than previously believed. Complete with evidence of a conspiracy between the Egyptology establishment and various confidential organizations to keep the secrets of the Pyramids from the world, The Message of the Sphinx is also a modern-day detective story. of photos.
In this riveting account of historical and archaeological investigation, the authors present hard evidence that the Sphinx, the Pyramids, and the othe...
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