Research Catalog
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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | CC76.4 .G4713 2005q Oversize | Off-site |
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- 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.
- Subjects
- 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