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Archaeology from the Earth
by Mortimer Wheeler. 228 pgs.

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Preface

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I: Introductory

II: Historical

III: Chronology

IV: Stratigraphy

V: The Layout of an Excavation

VI: The Excavation of a Structure

VII: On Digging Town-Sites

VIII: Burials

IX: Watch-Makers' Jobs

X: Tactics and Strategy

XI: Staff

XII: Tools

XIII: The Pottery-Shed

XIV: The Field-Laboratory

XV: Photography

XVI: Publication and Publicity

XVII: What Are We Digging Up, and Why?

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Rome beyond the Imperial Frontiers
by Mortimer Wheeler. 224 pgs.

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Illustrations

PREFACE

Chapter One Introduction

PART ONE: EUROPE

Chapter Two Free Germany: the Literary Evidence

Chapter Three Free Germany: Routes and Markets

Chapter Four Circumstances of Discovery

Chapter Five Free Germany: the Imports

Chapter Six Free Germany: Summary

PART TWO: AFRICA

Chapter Seven the Sahara

Chapter Eight East Africa

PART THREE: ASIA

Chapter Nine the Periplus

Chapter Ten the Monsoon

Chapter Eleven from the Indian Standpoint

Chapter Twelve South India

Chapter Thirteen Pakistan and Afghanistan

Chapter Fourteen the Far East

Chapter Fifteen Retrospect

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Early India and Pakistan: To Ashoka
by Mortimer Wheeler. 246 pgs.

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Chapter I: The Scene

Chapter II: Time

Chapter III: Stones

Chapter IV: More Stones

Chapter V: The Indus Civilization

Chapter VI: The Ganges Civilization

Chapter VII: Early Civilization in Central India

Chapter VIII: South Indian Megaliths

Chapter IX: Ashoka

Notes

Bibliography

Sources of Illustrations

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Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon (1961) ("The Period of Wheeler and Independence" begins on p. 258)
by C. H. Philips. 506 pgs.

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School Of Oriental and African Studies University of London

Preface

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Introduction

Part I: Ideas of History in the Early Empires and Literatures

I. Ideas of History in Sanskrit Literature

2. the Pali Chronicle of Ceylon

3. the Pali Canon and Its Commentaries as an Historical Record

Conclusion

4. the Kashmir Chronicle

5. Historical Ideas in Early Tamil Literature

6. Historical Writing in Sinhalese C. E. Godakumbura Archaeological Commissioner, Ceylon

7. the Historical Value of Indian Bardic Literature

8. Numismatists and Historical Writing

9. Historiography of the Ancient Indian Social Order

10. Some Studies in Pre-Mughal Muslim Historiography

11. the Treatment of History by Muslim Historians in Sufi Writings

12. the Treatment of History by Muslim Historians in Mughal Official And Biographical Works

14. Dutch Historical Writing on South Asia

15. French Historical Writing on European Activities in India

16. Danish Historical Writing on Colonial Activities in Asia, 1616-1845

17. James Mill, Mountstuart Elphinstone, And The History of India

18. Macaulay's Writings on India

19. Ideas of History in Indian Archaeological Writing: a Preliminary Study

20. Modern Historians of Ancient India

21. Modern Muslim Historical Writing On Medieval Muslim India

22. Notes on W. H. Moreland as Historian

23. Modern Muslim Historical Writing in English

24. the Theme of Imperialism and Colonialism In Modern Historical Writing On India

25. Some Aspects of Historical Writing on India By Protestant Christian Missionaries During The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

26. J.H. Nelson: a Forgotten Administrator-Historian Of India

27. Writings on the Mutiny

28. the Administrators and Historical Writing On India

29. British Historical Writing in the Era Of The Nationalist Movements

30. Nationalist Historians

31. the Role of Bankimcandra in The Development of Nationalism

32. Modern Historical Writing in Bengali

33. Modern Historical Writing in Hindi

34. Modern Historical Writing in Marathi

35. Historical Writing in Urdu: A Survey of Tendencies

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Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C (Chap. 5 "Cities and Towns of Sind and Punjab" begins on p. 132)
by Stuart Piggott. 303 pgs.

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CHAPTER I: The Discovery of Prehistoric India

CHAPTER II: Prelude-The Indian Stone Age

CHAPTER III: The Background - Early Agricultural Communities in Western Asia

CHAPTER IV: Bronze Age Peasant Communities of Western India

CHAPTER V: Cities and Towns of Sind and the Punjab

CHAPTER VI: The Time of Troubles and the End of the Cities

CHAPTER VII: Conquerors from the West -- The Aryans and the Rigveda

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Uncovering the Past: A History of Archaeology (Chap. 9 "Phase III: Systematizing and Organizing the Past (1925-1960)")
by William H. Stiebing Jr. 320 pgs.

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Stiebing highlights the exploits of colorful, dynamic excavators from the "Heroic Age" in an entertaining, informative account.

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Introduction

Part I

1: The Discovery of Prehistory

2: Retrieving Egypt's Distant Past

3: The Rediscovery of Near Eastern Civilizations

4: The Growth of Aegean Archaeology

5: Recovering the Remains of Ancient Italy

6: Unearthing the New World's Past

7: Archaeology in the Far East and Sub-Saharan Africa

8: Reclaiming Sunken History

Part II: Modern Archaeology

9: Systematizing and Organizing the Past (1925-1960)

10: Toward a Scientific Archaeology (1960-Present)

Appendix: Major Events and Discoveries in the History of Archaeology

Recommended Reading

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Recasting the Foundations: New Approaches to Regional Understandings of South Asian Archaeology and the Problem of Culture History, in Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific
by Peter G. Johansen. 14 pgs.

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Context, Content, and Composition: Questions of Intended Meaning and the Asokan Edicts, in Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific
by Namita Sugandhi. 23 pgs.

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