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    The Long-Suppressed Story of One Woman's Discoveries and the Man Who Stole Credit for Them

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    Archaeology, Sexism, and Scandal tells the hidden tale behind one of the great American excavations in Greece. In the 1930s, David Robinson’s project on ancient houses became the first of its kind and fundamentally altered what classical archaeologists’ study. Alan Kaiser documents previously unknown details of the Olynthus project through lively photographs and enthusiastic letters of one of ... Leer más

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  • Roman Urban Street Networks

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