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In the early nineteenth century, as amateur archaeologists excavated Pompeii, Egypt, Assyria, and the first prehistoric sites, a myth arose of archaeology as a magical science capable of unearthing and reconstructing worlds thought to be irretrievably lost. This timely myth provided an urgent antidote to the French anxiety of amnesia that undermined faith in progress, and it armed writers from Chateaubriand and Hugo to Michelet and Renan with the intellectual tools needed to affirm the indestructible character of the past.

From Paris to Pompeii reveals how the nascent science of archaeology lay at the core of the romantic experience of history and shaped the way historians, novelists, artists, and the public at large sought to cope with the relentless change that relegated every new present to history.

In postrevolutionary France, the widespread desire to claim that no being, city, culture, or language was ever definitively erased ran much deeper than mere nostalgic and reactionary impulses. Göran Blix contends that this desire was the cornerstone of the substitution of a weak secular form of immortality for the lost certainties of the Christian afterlife. Taking the iconic city of Pompeii as its central example, and ranging widely across French romantic culture, this book examines the formation of a modern archaeological gaze and analyzes its historical ontology, rhetoric of retrieval, and secular theology of memory, before turning to its broader political implications.

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Cet ouvrage constitue le deuxieme volet du bilan de dix annees de recherches archeologiques menees dans la vallee de l'Ysieux, au nord de Paris, ou plus de vingt sites potiers des IXe-XVIIIe siecles ont ete etudies sous la direction de Remy Guadagnin. Ce dernier nous propose la description raisonnee d'une production ceramique qui s'etale ainsi sans interruption sur pres d'unmillenaire.Aucun centre potier jusqu'a present n'a offert une telle possibilite aux archeologues.Cette saga ceramique, abondamment jalonnee de reperes chronologiques, presente, a l'aide de nombreuses illustrations, une typochronologie quasiment exhaustive. Celle-ci ouvre de nouveaux champs de reflexion quant a l'evolution d'une production ceramique, liee aux gouts et besoins des consommateurs. ... Read more

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230p, 80 illus, 7 in colour (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1978) ... Read more

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This thesis estabishes a chronlogy of tree-ring dates from the Paris basin from sites of all periods. This is followed by more detailed period based discussion highlighting problem areas and looking closely at the most important sites. Bernard then discusses changes in the extent of forestation in the area and some of the ways in which it was managed and used from the Neolithic to the early medieval period. ... Read more

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In the years between 1830 and 1848, the period know as the July Monarchy, French art underwent the major transformation from romanticism to realism. Yet, because of their transitional nature, the works of this period have often been ignored by art historians. By avoiding a concentration on either a single artist or a single "ism," the book illuminates this 18 year period. Named after the month in which Louis Philippe became "King of the French," the July Monarchy was a period of reconsideration, as both intellectuals and artists began to explore new ways of looking at history and contemporary society. During this time, public exhibitions and new mass-produced sources of art publication and art criticism brought the art world into nearly every household. Some of the artists of this period, such as Eugene Delacroix, J. Ingres and Honore Daumier, are still well known today. Others, such as Auguste Jeanron, Dominique Papety and Prosper Marilhat, are far more important than their current obscurity suggests.Following general introductions on the historical context and the artistic background are chapters considering the history painting, landscape painting, portraiture, caricature, book illustration and the advent of realism. ... Read more

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St Mary's was the foremost Benedictine Abbey in the North of England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the Abbot's Lodging, now known as the King's Manor, became headquarters of the King's Council in the North; it is now part of the University of York. This lavishly-illustrated account summarises the site's history and presents a wealth of illustrations of both historic and artistic interest. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: T. F. Unwin in 1895 in 510 pages; Subjects: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France); Riviera (France); Riviera; Fiction / Classics; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Travel / Europe / General; Travel / Europe / France; ... Read more

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This combination of workbook and CD-ROM functions as a "virtual field school" that gives students the opportunity to carry out an excavation using real data. Based on excavations at the Middle Paleolithic site of Combe-Capelle in France, the exercises included in Virtual Dig ask students to access the CD's database to analyze and interpret findings. ... Read more

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Virtual Dig: A simulated Archaeological Excavation of a Middle Paleolithic Site in France
Required reading for under-grad taking Archaeology as a degree. The companies service as well as the quality of the merchandise was every bit what was promised. If this quality is the standard for this book store, I will order again from this company.

Simulated Excavation: Great Idea, Poor Implementation
Any introductory archaeology class should have a lab or lablike simulation. This book represents a good idea--simulate an actual excavation--but the book and CD program are pitched well beyond the introductory level.

The book and program simulate an actual excavation at a Middle Paleolithic site called Combe-Capelle in southern France, not far from Le Moustier, which gave the Mousterian tool tradition its name. The original inhabitants were Neanderthal, and they produced a variety of tools for which Francois Bordes, the early expert on the Lower and Middle Paleolithic, provides a hierachy of 63 types. That is the core (no pun intended) of this program's problems--it is too complex for the beginning student.

The book has some value. Dibble and associates are to be congratulated for a not-bad replication of an actual excavation, and they have perceived a need for such a program at colleges that cannot budget for an archaeology lab.

Unfortunately, Dibble and his colleagues go too quickly into the complexities of the site without first laying a solid groundwork for a good excavation: mapping a site, excavating with various tools, explaining in detail why each tool (from dental pick to trowel to backhoe) should be selected, and the rudimentary elements of archaeological analysis.

Instead, the book charges into the more advanced topics at te outset. The student learns, or tries to learn the finer points of Bordes's tool typology in Chapter 2, and then, on page 13, is treated to a brief introduction to the Charantian Mousterian and its two subvariants, the Quina and the La Ferrassie Mousterian. So goes the rest of the book; by Chapter 20, the student is scratching his/her head over character and numeric values with nary an introduction to statistics.

The fundamentals are scattered here and yon. We do not get down to site charting until Chapter 5, after a chapter on the finer points of research design, long before the students have some notion as to what is to be researched. Stone attributes are not covered until Chapter 16. Types of excavation tools take up less than a page of description, and we get little idea as to when to use a dental pick and when to drag out a backhoe. We are expected to know what kind of a crew to recruit in Chapter 8, what vehicles to get in Chapter 9 (all from a French company), and what should go into a budget in Chapter 10--before we know what we are to budget for.

In sum, the book has value, but the instructor planning to use this text has a lot of reorganizing to do--not to mention excising of that material more appropriate to upper division courses--before springing Virtual Dig on first- or second-year students. ... Read more

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THIS 34 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Story of the Gypsies, by Konrad Bercovici. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766130789. ... Read more

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The thirteen papers in this volume are based on lectures given at the British Archaeological Association's Annual Conference at Rouen in 1989. Contributors include: D Bates (Rouen from 900 to 1204); J Le Maho (Le groupe episcopal de Rouen du IVe au Xe siecle); M Bayle (Les vestiges romans de l'ancienne priorale Saint-Gervais de Rouen); N Stratford (The wall-paintings of the Petit-Quevilly); L Grant (Rouen cathedral, 1200-1237); C Norton (The export of decorated floor tiles from Normandy); J Stratford (John, Duke of Bedford, as patron in Lancastrian Rouen); C Reynolds (The Shrewsbury Book, British Library, Royal MS 15 E.VI). ... Read more