Main entry:

Archeologia. English.

Title & Author:

Virtual archaeology : re-creating ancient worlds / editors, Maurizio Forte and Alberto Siliotti ; foreword, Colin Renfrew.

Publication:

New York : H.N. Abrams, [1997]

Description:

294 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 288) and index.
Saharan rock art / Mauro Cremaschi -- Giza : the last wonder of the ancient world / Rainer Stadelmann -- Saqqara : from the past to the future / Maria Carmela Betrò. The tomb of Horemheb / Jacobus van Dijk. The pyramid of Pepy I / Audran Labrousse. The 'pyramid texts' and the computer / Isabelle Pierre -- Faiyum : restoration and virtual archaeology / Edda Bresciani. Medinet Madi : aerial photographs and photo-interpretation / Walter Ferri. A youthful face for Prince Wadji / Francesco Mallegni -- Karnak : a temple in a computer. The puzzle of the Talatat / Alberto Siliotti -- The royal cemeteries of Thebes. Nefertari and her tomb / Alberto Siliotti -- The adventure of Abu Simbel / Alberto Siliotti -- Çatal Hüyük : the origins of the city / Alberto Siliotti -- Discovering the ancient land of Magan / Serge Cleuziou -- Ebla : a rediscovered city / Paolo Matthiae. The monumental architecture of Ebla reborn on computer / Lorenzo Nigro. Philology and computers in the study of the Ebla texts / Paolo Matthiae -- Uruk : at the heart of the Sumerian empire / Serge Cleuziou -- Ur : the city of the flood / Serge Cleuziou -- Babylon: the 'gate of the gods' / Serge Cleuziou -- Susa : from site to museum / Annie Caubet -- Isernia : Europe's first human settlement / Carlo Peretto. Functional experimentation and analyses / Laura Longo, Carlo Peretto. Studying the animal bones from Isernia La Pineta / Patrizia Anconetani, Carlo Peretto -- The great megalithic monuments. The mysterious subterranean temples of Malta / Emiliana Petrioli -- Ötzi : the Ice man. A model of interdisciplinary research / Annaluisa Pedrotti -- Minoan Crete and the Phaistos disc / Louis Godart -- Cyclopean architecture of Mycenaean cities / Furio Durando.
Bologna : home of the Villanovans. The Villanovan hut / Maurizio Forte -- Amber and gold : the Etruscan trading centre of Verucchio. The bronzes / Maurizio Forte -- Princely Daunia. The funerary stelae / Maurizio Forte -- Entella : a long-lived fortress city / Riccardo Guglielmino [and others] The decrees of Entella / Giuseppe Nenci -- The acropolis of Athens / Furio Durando -- Delphi : the navel of the ancient world / Furio Durando -- Olympia : home of Zeus / Furio Durando -- The royal tombs of Macedonia. Macedonian funerary architecture / Furio Durando -- Rome's urban landscape. The 'house' of Romalus / Maurizio Forte -- Pompeii : the time-machine. The great eruption / Maurizio Forte -- Urban archaeology of the Indus Valley / Massimo Vidale -- Bronze Age cities in south-central Asia / Maurizio Cattani [and others] -- Bactria and Margiana in the Bronze Age. The digitized archaeological map. The excavation of Tahirbaj / Maurizio Cattani -- The Scythians : peoples of the steppes / Maurizio Cattani -- The age of jade. Archaeology in the Far East. Jade / Filippo Salviati -- The Shang dynasty : new discoveries -- Filippo Salviati -- Qin Shi Huangdi's terracotta army. The first emperor of China. The Great Wall. The secrets of the funerary tumulus / Filippo Salviati -- Museums and restoration / Filippo Salvati -- The archaeology of Mongolia. Beijing / Filippo Salvati -- Ancient Japan. Yoshinogari and the mythical kingdom of Yamatai. Computers and archaeology / Filippo Salviati -- Pueblo Bonito and the Anasazi Indians. The historical sources / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan -- Cahokia : an ancient North American city. The temple-platforms of Moundville / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan.
Teotihuacan : the city of the gods / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan -- Tikal : a jungle metropolis / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan -- Palenque and the mysterious pyramid. The Maya calendar. Maya dress / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan -- Copán: city of art / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan -- The discovery of Tenochtitlan's Great Temple / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan -- Deciphering the Aztec script / Joaquin Galarza -- The great Inca empire of the Andes. Artifacts of everyday life. Textile art. Agriculture / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan -- The mysterious Nazca lines. The cult of the dead / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan -- The Moche civilization. The tomb of the 'Lord of Sipan' / Daniel Lévine, Isabelle Tisserand-Gadan.
Translation of: Archeologia: percorsi virtuali nelle civilità scomparse.

Summary:

"Takes advantage of astonishing new technology for visualizing ancient sites and buildings. A wealth of three-dimensional, high-definition computer reconstructions, along with hundreds of dazzling full-color maps, diagrams, and photographs, provide a startingly real sense of how significant archaeological sites around the world once looked."--Jacket.
Sites include: Giza, Saqqara, Thebes, Ebla, Uruk, Ur, Babylon, Susa, Isernia, Malta, Minoan Crete, Mycenaean cities, Bologna, Verucchio, Entella, Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Macedonia, Rome, Pompeii, the Indus Valley, South-Central Asia, Scythia, China, Mongolia, Japan, Teotihuacan, Tikal, Palenque, Copán, Tenochtitlan, the Andes, and others.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0810939436 (hardcover)
9780810939431 (hardcover)

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology) Aerial photographs.
Extinct cities Aerial photographs.
Excavations (Archaeology) Computer simulation.
Extinct cities Computer simulation.
Archaeology History.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Simulation par ordinateur.
Villes disparues, en ruines, etc. Simulation par ordinateur.
Archéologie Histoire.
Archaeology
Excavations (Archaeology)
Extinct cities
Archäologisches Denkmal
Virtuelle Rekonstruktion
Archäologie
Archeologie.
Opgravingen.
Steden.
Archeology History.
Virtual reality.

Form/genre:

History
Aerial photographs

Added entries:

Forte, Maurizio, editor.
Siliotti, Alberto, editor.
Renfrew, Colin, 1937- writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192275
Call No.: ID CC168.A73; ID:97-B3369
Status: Available