Brian Fagan Books


The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of CivilizationsThe Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
From the 10th to 15th centuries the earth experienced a rise in surface temperature that changed...
Time Detectives: How Archaeologist Use Technology to Recapture the PastTime Detectives: How Archaeologist Use Technology to Recapture the Past
Best Price: $2.50
University of California Professor of Anthropology Brian Fagan offers a fascinating look at how...
The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of CivilizationsThe Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
From the 10th to 15th centuries the earth experienced a rise in surface temperature that changed...
Time Detectives: How Archaeologist Use Technology to Recapture the PastTime Detectives: How Archaeologist Use Technology to Recapture the Past
Best Price: $2.50
University of California Professor of Anthropology Brian Fagan offers a fascinating look at how...
Das Reich der Pharaonen.Das Reich der Pharaonen.


From Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred SitesFrom Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred SitesCro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern HumansCro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
Cro-Magnons were the first fully modern Europeans-not only the creators of the stunning cave...
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed CivilizationThe Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
Best Price: $13.72
Anyone still believing scientists lack a sense of humanity should read this. Although the title...
Boating Guide San Francisco BayBoating Guide San Francisco BayThe Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of CivilizationsThe Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Best Price: $12.98
Archeologist Brian Fagan has been in the forefront of studying how climate affects civilization...


Snapshots of the PastSnapshots of the PastChaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient SocietyChaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society
Best Price: $20.00
I read this book, along with a few others, in preparation for a trip to Chaco and was...
From Black Land To Fifth Sun: The Science Of Sacred Sites (Helix books)From Black Land To Fifth Sun: The Science Of Sacred Sites (Helix books)
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Fagan Brian. From Black Land to Fifth Sun. 1997. This is a look at the physical evidence that...
Archaeology a Brief IntroductionArchaeology a Brief Introduction
Best Price: $17.99
Chartering Fundamentals/the Official American Sailing Association Guide to Chartering and Cruising for PleasureChartering Fundamentals/the Official American Sailing Association Guide to Chartering and Cruising for Pleasure
Best Price: $85.08

California Coastal PassagesCalifornia Coastal Passages
This new, definitive, guidebook for cruising sailors is the first of its kind, a true...
Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New WorldFish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New World
What gave Christopher Columbus the confidence in 1492 to set out across the Atlantic Ocean? ...
Elixir: A History of Water and HumankindElixir: A History of Water and Humankind
Five thousand years of rising and falling civilizations flow through Fagan's sweeping survey...
The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850
Best Price: $17.00
A few years ago historians proposing history was driven by climate aroused a squall of...
The Discovery of Ancient Civilizations (Part I & II)The Discovery of Ancient Civilizations (Part I & II)
Best Price: $122.00
A thorough and enjoyable study that mixes the history of archeology with the excitement of first...

Archaeology Magazine (May June 1994) Rape of Mali; Bison Hunters on the Northern Plains; Sevso Follies; 3.4 Billion Year Old Jaw; Eskimo Repartition; Saga of the Getty Kouros; Plight of Ancient Jenne (Vol. 47, No. 3)Archaeology Magazine (May June 1994) Rape of Mali; Bison Hunters on the Northern Plains; Sevso Follies; 3.4 Billion Year Old Jaw; Eskimo Repartition; Saga of the Getty Kouros; Plight of Ancient Jenne (Vol. 47, No. 3)Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New WorldFish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New World
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What gave Christopher Columbus the confidence in 1492 to set out across the Atlantic Ocean? ...
Stonehenge (Digging for the Past)Stonehenge (Digging for the Past)
I am impressed with the Stonehenge and Valley of the Kings books for a variety of reasons:...
The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore IslandsThe Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands
Comprehensive and authoritative, this guide combines and updates two smaller, long-trusted...
Cruising Guide to California Channel IslandsCruising Guide to California Channel Islands
The information in this cruising guide is great regarding the different island anchorages. Fagan...

The Adventure of Archaeology,The Adventure of Archaeology,
Best Price: $16.50
In the Beginning: an Introduction to ArchaeologyIn the Beginning: an Introduction to Archaeology
Frontis. + xiv + 562 pp., profusely illus. 8vo.
People of the EarthPeople of the EarthBefore California: An Archaeologist Looks at our Earliest InhabiatantsBefore California: An Archaeologist Looks at our Earliest Inhabiatants
Best Price: $21.94
What Brian Fagan, who is a world-renown authority on archaeology and Professor of Anthropology...
Alla scoperta dell'antico Egitto (Italian Edition Archeologia 17)Alla scoperta dell'antico Egitto (Italian Edition Archeologia 17)

Floods, Famines, And Emperors: El Nino And The Fate Of CivilizationsFloods, Famines, And Emperors: El Nino And The Fate Of Civilizations
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As a professional meteorologist, routinely faced with questions on El Nino and La Nina, I found...
Floods, Famines and EmperorsFloods, Famines and Emperors
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In 1997 and early 1998, one of the most powerful El Ninos ever recorded disrupted weather...
Archaeologists: Explorers of the Human Past (Oxford Profiles)Archaeologists: Explorers of the Human Past (Oxford Profiles)
Best Price: $3.93
Including eccentric professors and adventuring fortune hunters of old and highly trained...
Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of CivilizationsFloods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
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The relationship between climate change and human history is an important subject given our...
The AztecsThe Aztecs
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Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and Discovery of the New WorldFish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and Discovery of the New World
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"Fish On Friday: Feasting, Fasting and the Discovery of the New World" by Brian Fagan...
Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest InhabitantsBefore California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants
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Before California is the first comprehensive look at the history of the Golden State prior to...
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed CivilizationThe Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
Best Price: $24.18
For more than a century we've known that much of human evolution occurred in an Ice Age....
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850
Yes, the author shows how climate was a "subtle catalyst" of history. It is an...
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed CivilizationThe Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
Humanity evolved in an Ice Age in which glaciers covered much of the world. But starting about...

Floods, Famines, And Emperors: El Nino And The Fate Of CivilizationsFloods, Famines, And Emperors: El Nino And The Fate Of Civilizations
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According to Brian Fagan, the phenomenon known as El Nino has abruptly entered our collective...
Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient SocietyChaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, has been called the Stonehenge of North America. Its spectacular...
Archaeology Magazine (March April 1999) Diving Ancient Alexandria; Antique Tattoos; Edmund Spensers Castle of the Faerie Queene in Ireland; Postal Propaganda; Shamanic Art (Vol. 52, No. 2)Archaeology Magazine (March April 1999) Diving Ancient Alexandria; Antique Tattoos; Edmund Spensers Castle of the Faerie Queene in Ireland; Postal Propaganda; Shamanic Art (Vol. 52, No. 2)
DIVING ON A SUNKEN CITY Ancient Alexandria yields a wealth of pharaonic and Ptolemaic...
From Stonehenge to Samarkand: An Anthology of Archaeological Travel WritingFrom Stonehenge to Samarkand: An Anthology of Archaeological Travel Writing
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Ever since Roman tourists scratched graffiti on the pyramids and temples of Egypt over two...
Brian Fagan Publisher: Bloomsbury PressBrian Fagan Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
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From Stonehenge to Samarkand: An Anthology of Archaeological Travel WritingFrom Stonehenge to Samarkand: An Anthology of Archaeological Travel Writing
Best Price: $8.95
The book recounts the history of travelers to the variouis sites of civilization. It begins...
Archaeologists: Explorers of the Human Past (Oxford Profiles)Archaeologists: Explorers of the Human Past (Oxford Profiles)
Including eccentric professors and adventuring fortune hunters of old and highly trained...
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed CivilizationThe Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
Best Price: $7.40
This should be a five-star review, but I have deducted a star. First the good points. Why is...
Die siebzig grossen Geheimnisse der Alten KulturenDie siebzig grossen Geheimnisse der Alten KulturenArchaeology. Sixth Edition.Archaeology. Sixth Edition.

Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New WorldFish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New World
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Brian Fagan's Fish on Friday is an interesting take on the progression over the centuries...
    
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