35. Warrior-Priests of the Moche

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1. The ‘Backward-Looking Curiosity’ 1
4. 2. Donkeys and Pharaohs 8
5. 3. Reading Ancient Egypt 14
6. 4. Digging into Nineveh 21
7. 5. Tablets and Tunnelling 28
8. 6. The Maya Revealed 34
9. 7. Axes and Elephants 41
10. 8. A Huge Turning Point 48
11. 9. The Three Ages 55
12. 10. Stone Age Hunters in an Icy World 62
13. 11. Across the Ages 69
14. 12. The Myth of the Mound Builders 75
15. 13. ‘Stepping into the Unknown’ 82
16. 14. Toros! Toros! 89
17. 15. Searching for Homer’s Heroes 95
18. 16. ‘Organised Common Sense’ 101
19. 17. The Small and Unspectacular 108
20. 18. The Palace of the Minotaur 115
21. 19. Not ‘Men’s Work’ 122
22. 20. Mud Bricks and a Flood 128
23. 21. ‘Wonderful Things’ 135
24. 22. A Palace Fit for a Chief 142
25. 23. East and West 149
26. 24. Shell Heaps, Pueblos and Tree Rings 156
27. 25. A Fire-Breathing Giant 163
28. 26. Around the River Bend 170
29. 27. Dating the Ages 177
30. 28. Ecology and World Prehistory 183
31. 29. ‘Dear Boy!’ 190
32. 30. The First Farmers 197
33. 31. Defending the Emperor 203
34. 32. Underwater Archaeology 210
35. 33. Meeting the Colonists 216
36. 34. The Ice Man and Others 223
37. 35. Warrior-Priests of the Moche 229
38. 36. Tunnelling for the Cosmos 236
39. 37. Çatalhöyük 242
40. 38. Looking in the Landscape 249
41. 39. Shining a Light on the Invisible 255
42. 40. Archaeology Today and Tomorrow 261
43. Index 268