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The past from above : aerial photographs of archaeological sites
Flug in die Vergangenheit. English
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Catalog for an exhibition at the Ruhrlandmuseum in Essen, honoring Georg Gerster for over 40 years of aerial photography of archaeological sites around the world.
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- Creator
- Georg Gerster ; edited by Charlotte Trümpler ; [translation by Stewart Spencer]
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Los Angeles, CA : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005
- Physical Details
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- 415 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- ISBNs
- 0892368179, 9780892368174, 3829600941, 9783829600941, 9780892368754, 0892368756
- OCLC
- ocm60721156
- Translation of: Flug in die Vergangenheit : archäologisches Stätten der Menschheit in Flugbildern.
- Catalog for an exhibition at the Ruhrlandmuseum in Essen, honoring Georg Gerster for over 40 years of aerial photography of archaeological sites around the world.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Also issued online.
- Aerial photography in archaeology and its pioneers / Charlotte Trümpler -- From the private log of an aerial photographer / Georg Gerster -- Culture and nature: archaeological sites in the landscape -- Villages and towns: settlement types -- Living in the lap of luxury: palaces and royal residences -- Seeing and being seen: festival sites and places of assembly -- For safety's sake: fortifications and bulwarks -- Frontier walls to keep people out (and in): Limes/Pursuing politics by other means: battlefields -- Building for eternity: graves and cemeteries -- The homes of the gods: sacred sites -- Mysterious grandeur: monumental geoglyphs -- Gifts of the earth: water, land, mineral resources -- The curse and frustration of archaeologists: looting -- At the last moment: sites lost and saved -- Pharaoh is moving / Georg Gerster