A passion for the past [[electronic resource] ] : the odyssey of a transatlantic archaeologist / / Ivor Noël Hume

• Autore: Noël Hume Ivor
• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1092; B
• Soggetto topico: Archaeologists - Great Britain; Archaeologists - United States; Excavations (Archaeology) - England - London; Excavations (Archaeology) - Virginia; Excavations (Archaeology) - Virginia - Williamsburg
• Soggetto geografico: London (England) Antiquities; Virginia Antiquities; Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ACT ONE: In the Old World; 1. Off the Tumbrel; 2. Pour le Sport; 3. Poppet and Son; 4. Eggesford to Sutton Hoo; 5. Displaced Persons; 6. Yo-Yo Years; 7. Toward the Last All Clear; 8. Overture and Beginners; 9. Things That Went Bump; 10. Curtain Down; 11. Treasure from the Thames; 12. White Knights and Yellow Press; 13. Dead Birds and Stupid Statements; 14. A Bit o' the Old Roman; 15. Walbrook to Williamsburg; ACT TWO: In the New World; 16. Martinis, Bourbon, and Half-Read Plays; 17. Putting on a Show; 18. Lucy Locket and Martha Washington ; 19. Presidents and Pirates20. Virginia Is Forever; 21. National Geographic to the Rescue; 22. Bawn Again; 23. Following the Pharaohs; 24. A Museum for Wolstenholme Towne; 25. Handing the Baton; 26. Colonies Lost and Found; 27. Plunging to the Deep Ocean Floor in Bermuda; 28. Jamestown Discovered Yet Again; 29. A Really Big Party; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Illustrations
• Titolo autorizzato: A passion for the past
• ISBN: 1-283-60424-8; 9786613916693; 0-8139-2996-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457704803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II