Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (707 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0299146243 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Gold Standard" according to Sarah Granger. Before William Flinders Petrie, there were great explorers and great adventurers, some of whom even made finds of tremendous archeological note in Egypt. But Flinders Petrie was the first great archeologist. Analogous to Edward R. Murrow's preeminence to this day as the standard against which all newscasters are measured, Flinders Petrie set the standard and laid the foundations for mod. "Aborbing, intelligent, fascinating" according to A Customer. Margaret Drower accomplishes a well balanced, informative, authoritative, readable biography of a complex and remarkable individual in this book. Petries achievements are astounding, founding archaeology and egyptology as a professional science, over the course of his career he excavating numerous important and valuable sites, and was prolific in his documentation and publication of his. "Extremely detailed and thorough" according to Lívia Bono. Margaret Drower's biography of Sir Flinders Petrie is a rich source of information; her research work is astounding, touching upon not only the important events of his life, but also curiosities and little known anecdotes, bringing the reader closer to the subject. When she refers to his work as an archeologist, we are taken back to the beginning of the last century, when archeology was
This fascinating biography of Petrie was first published to high acclaim in England in 1985. Margaret S. Drower combines her first-hand knowledge with Petrie’s own voluminous personal and professional diaries to forge a lively account of this influential and sometimes controversial figure. Drower presents Petrie as he was: an enthusiastic eccentric, diligently plunging into the uncharted past of ancient Egypt. She tells not only of his spectacular finds, including the tombs of the first Pharaohs, the earliest alphabetic script, a Homer manuscript, and a collection of painted portraits on mummy cases, but also of Petrie’s important contributions to the science of modern archaeology, such as orderly record-keeping of the progress of a dig and the use of pottery sherds in historical dating. Petrie's careful academic methods often pitted him against such rival archaeologists as Amélineau, who boasted he had smashed the stone jars he could not carry away to be sold, and Maspero and Naville, who mangled a pyramid at El Kula they had vainly tried to break into.. Flinders Petrie has been called the “Father of Modern Egyptology”—and indeed he is one of the pioneer
Excerpts from letters and diaries allow charming insights into Petrie's notoriously spartan life on the site. Drower draws upon a wide range of sources to trace Petrie from his childhood in England through a long, magnificent career that set new standards in recording finds, establishing principles of dating pottery, treatment of workers, and standards of ethics in archaeology. Joan W. Long-awaited and definitive, this belongs in every biography collection. Gartland, Detroit P.L.Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. . From Library Journal Written by an Egyptologist, this meticulously docum