Digging for Richard III: How Archaeology Found the King: The Search for the Lost King - Softcover

Pitts, Mike; DeWitte, Debra J.

 
9780500292020: Digging for Richard III: How Archaeology Found the King: The Search for the Lost King
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500292027 ISBN 13: 9780500292020
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2015

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In August 2012 a search began, and on February 4, 2013, a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press room and to the world: they had found the remains of Richard III, whose legacy was perhaps the most contested of all British monarchs.Prior to this major discovery, there had been little new information about Richard III for some time. With no new evidence to fuel it, the debate over what kind of man he might have been seemed to have stalled. Thus the story of the discovery of Richard III is a story of the value of archaeology—careful analysis of physical evidence backed up by the latest science and technology—and how it can change our understanding of history. Firsthand accounts from the team that found the king, along with photographs from the author’s own archives and an expanded epilogue incorporating new DNA evidence, augment this compelling detective story as the evidence is uncovered.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mike Pitts is an archaeologist and award-winning journalist. He has been the editor of Britain’s leading archaeological magazine, British Archaeology, for over a decade.

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In August 2012 a search began, and on February 4, 2013, a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press room and to the world: they had found the remains of Richard III, whose legacy was perhaps the most contested of all British monarchs. Prior to this major discovery, there had been little new information about Richard III for some time. With no new evidence to fuel it, the debate over what kind of man he might have been seemed to have stalled. Thus the story of the discovery of Richard III is a story of the value of archaeology careful analysis of physical evidence backed up by the latest science and technology and how it can change our understanding of history. Firsthand accounts from the team that found the king, along with photographs from the author s own archives and an expanded epilogue incorporating new DNA evidence, augment this compelling detective story as the evidence is uncovered."

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500292027
ISBN 13 
9780500292020
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Anzahl der Seiten
246
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