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020 $a1400049512 (pbk.)
020 $a9781400049516 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aCC77.U5$bH36 2003
082 00 $a930.1/028/04$222
100 1 $aHancock, Graham.
245 10 $aUnderworld :$bthe mysterious origins of civilization /$cGraham Hancock ; photographs by Santha Faiia.
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bThree Rivers Press,$cc2002.
300 $ax, 769 p., [40] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aOriginally published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph, imprint of Penguin Group, London. Published in hardcover, New York : Crown Publishers, c2002.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 707-743) and index.
520 $aThe search for an "Indian Atlantis" is the basis for this book, which is structured around Hancock's exploration of underwater sites near India, Japan, Taiwan and China, and in the Arabian and Mediterranean Seas. As usual, Hancock wonderfully introduces the general reader to Indian and Japanese subcultures; however, his reliance primarily on works by local alternative historians many of whose views have been clearly refuted by other scientists while ignoring almost anything that refutes his own thesis undercuts his credibility. In his effort to present his step-by-step discoveries in the style of a "whodunit, " Hancock remains an entertaining writer and an interesting cultural journalist. --Publishers Weekly
650 0 $aUnderwater archaeology.
650 0 $aGeology, Stratigraphic$yPleistocene.
650 0 $aPrehistoric peoples.
650 0 $aCivilization, Ancient.
700 1 $aFaiia, Santha.
994 $aC0$bCNU
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