The Mantai Diaries

1980, 1982, 1984

Carswell John (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2019
LINDEN SOFT (Verlag)
978-3-929290-43-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book comprises John Carswell´s three diaries about his excavations in Mantai, Sri Lanka, in the years 1980, 1982 and 1984, which came to a tragic end with the progress of the the civil war that started in 1983. As a day by day record, the diaries contain the details of the persons involved and their interaction with each other, the financing of the excavations, and even what was eaten – (rice and curry) and drunk (for instance Scotch, arak and beer) and under what circumstances.

Autor

John Carswell studied at the RCA in London, and worked as draftsman for Kathleen Kenyon at Jericho. He taught fine art at the AUB, then became Curator of the ORINST Museum, and Director, DAS Museum at the University of Chicago, Director of the Islamic Department at Sotheby’s, and then Professorial Associate at SOAS. He wrote extensively on Turkish and Islamic ­pottery, Chinese porcelain, and Islamic art and architecture. John Carswell died in his home in Spain on Jan 4, 2023

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.05.2019
• Zusatzinfo: photos
• Verlagsort: Aichwald
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 123 x 200 mm
• Gewicht: 290 g
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Diaries • Excavation • Mantai • Sri Lanka
• ISBN-10: 3-929290-43-X / 392929043X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-929290-43-1 / 9783929290431
• Zustand: Neuware