Keyword: Memoir

Connecting the Dots: Counting, Writing, and the Beginnings of Civilization

Denise Schmandt-Besserat

This memoir recounts Denise Schmandt???Besserat???s pioneering research into Neolithic clay tokens, proposed as precursors to writing. Blending personal experiences with archaeological discovery, it traces her decades of fieldwork and presents her influential argument that early accounting practices helped give rise to writing and civilization. READ MORE

Paperback: £25.00

Cretan Chronicle: An Archaeological Childhood

Mary Van Dyke

A memoir of archaeology, identity and family, Cretan Chronicle follows Mary???s childhood between Crete and England, her work with her father Sinclair Hood, and her journey through love, trauma and self???discovery. Blending myth and memory, it reveals the secrets and complexities of a mid???20th???century archaeological life. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00

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