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From Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred Sites (signed)
by Fagan, Brian (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0201959917
- ISBN 13
- 9780201959918
- Seller
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About This Item
Reading, Massachusetts: Helix Books / Addison-Wesley, 1998. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($26.00). NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original orange boards and black cloth spine, stamped in shiny copper. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Until recently, archaeology was concerned mainly with piecing together the material lives of our ancestors. In this groundbreaking book, master storyteller and respected archaeologist Brian Fagan explains how cutting-edge science can now take us beyond the artifacts into the mystical realm of shamans and spirit mediums, ancestor worship, and ritual sacrifice. From the Nile's black land to the Aztec's world of the Fifth Sun, from Stonehenge to Jericho, Fagan describes how Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Automated Design-mapping and other sophisticated scientific methods are helping us to decode the religious and spiritual beliefs of our forebears. This new archaeology of the mind blends a wealth of scientific disciplines from botany, zoology, and geology to neuropsychology, palynology, and nuclear physics. With vivid imagery and a transporting voice, Fagan revolutionizes our understanding of the inner lives of ancient people.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. ix, 403pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026317
- Title
- From Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred Sites (signed)
- Author
- Fagan, Brian (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0201959917
- ISBN 13
- 9780201959918
- Publisher
- Helix Books / Addison-Wesley
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archeology / Anthropology;
- Size
- 8vo. ix, 403pp
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