Troy: The Archaeological Geology (Supplementary Monograph 4)
Hardcover
1982 · Princeton, New Jersey
by Rapp, George Jr. and John A. Gifford (editors)
Princeton, New Jersey: The University of Cincinnati / Princeton University Press, 1982. Hardcover. VG/Good (light scuffs, scratches to wear. light rubbing to corners. spine ends crinkled w/ light bump to tail. speckled foxing to textblock edges. dustjacket highly foxed; scuffs & smudges; large tear to back, upper corner). Dark gray buckram, gilt letters on spine, tan paper dust jacket, 209 pp., BW illus., figures, drawings, maps. One of the supplements to the multi-volume set, "Troy: Excavations conducted by the University of Cincinnati, 1932-1938." This book was "undertaken in order to analyze the sediment samples, making use of knowledge gained and methods devised in recent decades. To provide a regional setting for the sample analyses, the contributors undertook paleogeomorphic and earthquake studies that reconstruct the ancient physiography of the Trojan plain and support Carl Blegen's evidence that earthquakes destroyed portions of the great walls at the end of Troy VI." (dj). (Inventory #: 156459)