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The past from above : aerial photographs of archaeological sites

Title
The past from above : aerial photographs of archaeological sites / Georg Gerster ; edited by Charlotte Trümpler ; [translation by Stewart Spencer].
Author
Gerster, Georg, 1928-2019
Publication
Los Angeles, CA : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Trümpler, Ch. (Charlotte)
  • Spencer, Stewart
  • Ruhrlandmuseum Essen.
  • J. Paul Getty Museum.
Description
415 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
Summary
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.
Uniform Title
Flug in die Vergangenheit. English
Alternative Title
Flug in die Vergangenheit.
Subject
  • Gerster, Georg, 1928-2019 > Exhibitions
  • Gerster, Georg, 1928-2019
  • Ruhrlandmuseum Essen > Exhibitions
  • Ruhrlandmuseum Essen
  • Aerial photography in archaeology > Exhibitions
  • Aerial photography in archaeology
Genre/Form
  • v – Exhibition catalogs.
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • 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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 0892368179
  • 9780892368174
  • 3829600941
  • 9783829600941
  • 9780892368754
  • 0892368756
LCCN
  • 2004116643
  • 9780892368174
OCLC
  • ocm60721156
  • 60721156
  • SCSB-9609804
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library