David M. Jones (1) (1950–)
Autore di Mythology of the American Indians
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Opere di David M. Jones
The Complete Illustrated History of the Inca Empire: A comprehensive encyclopedia of the Incas and other ancient… (2012) 23 copie
Mythology of the Incas: Myths and Legends of the Ancient Andes, Wesetrn Valleys, Deserts and Amazonia (Mythology Of...) (2003) 12 copie
The World of the Ancient Incas: The extraordinary history of the hidden civilizations of the first peoples of the South… (2011) 3 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Jones, David Michael
- Data di nascita
- 1950
- Sesso
- male
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
USA - Luogo di residenza
- Swindon, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of London (Institute of Archaeology) (PhD|Archaeology, Human Geography, Late Prehistoric & Colonial Mexico)
University of California, Berkeley (BA|Anthropology, Archaeology, History)
University of London (Institute of Archaeology) (MA|Roman Archaeology) - Attività lavorative
- editor
assistant professor
musician - Organizzazioni
- Cornell University
Utenti
Recensioni
The mythology of the American nations : an i… di David M. Jones
Brief vignettes of many obscure Tribes and Nations (both North and South America) as well as major ones. This is not an encyclopedia in the traditional sense but it has valuable (if brief) references to tribes that you would otherwise not hear about.
It is a very pretty book. That's all.
It excuses its lack of effort by being an encyclopedia. It has no articles that give real information, let alone insight. Practically any of the articles in this book would fit the inside cover of a book of matches. An occasional overview that would give some understanding of the archeological effort, the rites and everyday practices of the people discussed, anything above the age/sex/location format that is the overwhelming genre of this writing, would have been welcome.
This work is one of the few, though, that do address more of the American Peoples than just the major, picturesque ones with major relics or major presence in modern nations. The small nations both of remote South America as well as odd corners of North America are given as full a treatment as the Iroquis, Maya, or Inca. That is to say, not very much.… (altro)
It excuses its lack of effort by being an encyclopedia. It has no articles that give real information, let alone insight. Practically any of the articles in this book would fit the inside cover of a book of matches. An occasional overview that would give some understanding of the archeological effort, the rites and everyday practices of the people discussed, anything above the age/sex/location format that is the overwhelming genre of this writing, would have been welcome.
This work is one of the few, though, that do address more of the American Peoples than just the major, picturesque ones with major relics or major presence in modern nations. The small nations both of remote South America as well as odd corners of North America are given as full a treatment as the Iroquis, Maya, or Inca. That is to say, not very much.… (altro)
A very clear and well-illustrated introduction to recording landscape archaeology. It is too brief to be more than very introductory but it provides a useful bibliography for further reading and makes agood starting point for professionals and lay enthusiasts alike.
This is a nice, easy overview of the history and civilization of the Incas. Beautiful book and very informative for the common history reader.
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- Opere
- 11
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 376
- Popolarità
- #64,175
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 40
- Lingue
- 2