stories's review against another edition
informative
3.0
Interesting, if much more archaeological than I expected based on blurb (and foreword).
I have some doubts around structure and execution.
Surprise!politics crashes in at the end, both on archaeological and global contexts. In the epilogue? Makes total sense. But definitely oddly insertion of archaeological beef (why wait this long??). My best explanation is “obviously my audience is North American and thus…” although that would be disappointing.
Often expert knowledge is provided through references to chance and/or social encounters, which is also an interesting choice.
If you’re interested in archaeology, or any of the focus cities/societies, I’d recommend.
I have some doubts around structure and execution.
Surprise!politics crashes in at the end, both on archaeological and global contexts. In the epilogue? Makes total sense. But definitely oddly insertion of archaeological beef (why wait this long??). My best explanation is “obviously my audience is North American and thus…” although that would be disappointing.
Often expert knowledge is provided through references to chance and/or social encounters, which is also an interesting choice.
If you’re interested in archaeology, or any of the focus cities/societies, I’d recommend.
ipekreading's review against another edition
3.0
I think the topics were really interesting on this one. I did however struggle with how paragraphs connected with each other, or didn't. It seemed like he author wanted to convey all the ideas on each city without a main narrative. It's well researched and the insights into the the digs were fun to glean! Overall informative and interesting to read if the the topics are of interest to you!
juliaschutten's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
jessrock's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
I thought this book would be exactly my jam, but it wasn’t. I appreciated the focus on everyday people rather than elites, but nothing in the book really grabbed me or excited me the way I expected it to.
samphiresyl's review against another edition
4.25
Pretty good book that combines archaeological data, history, and the authors own observations while on site- which made it a compelling read!! It was nice to revisit three sites i have already learned about and also learn more about Angkor~ though i could have used a mention about how Chunkey is still played today mhmhmhmmm