Wade Nicholas (ed.) The Science Times Book of Archaeology

New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. — 242 p. — ISBN: 1-55821-893-9."The articles in this book first appeared in the Science Times section of the New York Times, many of them by our chief archaeology reporter, John Noble Wilford."Before History Begins.
Humans' Earliest Footprints Discovered (John Noble Wilford).
Prehistoric Art Treasure Is Found in French Cave (Marlise Simons).
Vast Stone Age Art Gallery Is Found, But Dam May Flood It (Marlise Simons).
"Venus" Figurines from Ice Age Rediscovered in an Antique Shop (John Noble Wilford).
Iceman's Stone Age Outfit Offers Clues to a Culture (John Noble Wilford).
World of Ancient Iceman Comes into Focus (Brenda Fowler).
First Settlers Domesticated Pigs Before Crops (John Noble Wilford).
Remaking the Wheel. Evolution of the Chariot (John Noble Wilford).
Enduring Mystery Solved as Tin Is Found in Turkey (John Noble Wilford).
Finding Suggests Weaving Preceded Settled Life (Brenda Fowler).
Another Ancient Innovation: City Planning (John Noble Wilford).
Why Live in Russia? Maybe Mammoths Were the Lure (Michael Specter).
Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Ancient Clay Horse Is Found in Syria (John Noble Wilford).
Lost Capital of a Fabled Kingdom Found in Syria (John Noble Wilford).
Tomb of Ramses II's Many Sons Is Found in Egypt (John Noble Wilford).
Long-Lost Field Notes Help Decode Treasure (John Noble Wilford).
Forgotten Riches of King Tut: His Wardrobe (Brenda Fowler).
The Classical World.
Santorini Volcanic Ash, Traced Afar, Gives a Date of 1623 B.C. (Walter Sullivan).
Outer "Wall"' of Troy Now Appears to Be a Ditch (John Noble Wilford).
Ancient City of Petra Is Yielding Its Secrets (Chris Hedges).
Ancient Graves of Armed Women Hint at Amazons (John Noble Wilford).
New Analysis of the Parthenon's Frieze Finds It Depicts a Horrifying Legend (John Noble Wilford).
Archaeologists Unearth Treasure Buried by the Cold War (Michael Specter).
Children's Cemetery a Clue to Malaria as Rome Declined (John Noble Wilford).
Ice Cap Shows Ancient Mines Polluted the Globe (Malcolm W. Browne).
Biblical Archaeology.
Inscription at Philistine City Shows: This Is the Right Place (John Noble Wilford).
Fortress Yields Clues to Israel's Ancient Foe (John Noble Wilford).
From Israeli Site, News of House of David (John Noble Wilford).
Biblical Puzzle Solved: Jerusalem Tunnel Is a Product of Nature (John Noble Wilford).
Seeking a Replica of the Second Temple (Clyde Haberman).
The New World.
Human Presence in Americas Is Pushed Back a Millennium (John Noble Wilford).
Cave Filled with Glowing Skulls: A Pre-Columbian Palace oj the Dead (John Noble Wilford).
Corn in the New World: A Relative Latecomer (John Noble Wilford).
Tomb Find Suggests a Royal Family Murder (John Noble Wilford).
Volcano Captured Corn, Chilies and House Mice (John Noble Wilford).
An Ancient "Lost City" Is Uncovered in Mexico (John Noble Wilford).
Lost Civilization Yields Its Riches as Thieves Fall Out (John Noble Wilford).
Archaeologists Wonder at a City That Survived the Maya Collapse (John Noble Wilford).
Move Over, Iceman! New Star from the Andes (John Noble Wilford).
Using Earth's Magnetic Pull to Track Ancient Treasure (John Markoff).
Underwater Archaeology.
Secret Sub to Scan Sea Floor for Roman Wrecks (William J. Broad).
Roman Ships Found off Sicily, New Sites Broaden Study (John Noble Wilford).
Saving the Ship That Revolutionized War at Sea (William J. Broad).
Watery Grave of the Azores to Yield Shipwrecked Riches (William J. Broad).
Archaeologists Revise Portrait of Buccaneers as Monsters (William J. Broad).
Toppling Theories, Scientists Find Six Slits, Not Big Gash, Sank Titanic (William J. Broad).
Lost Japanese Sub with Two Tons of Axis Gold Found on Floor of Atlantic (William J. Broad).