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050		0	_aD56 _b.J66 1967
100	1		_aJones, Tom B. _q(Tom Bard), _d1909-1999.
245	1	0	_aPaths to the ancient past : _bapplications of the historical method to ancient history / _cby Tom B. Jones.
260			_aNew York : _bFree Press ; _aLondon : _bCollier-Macmillan, _c1967.
300			_aix, 192 p. : _bill ; _c21 cm.
490	0		_aFree Press paperbacks ; _vFP-91663
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index.
505	0		_aI. Archaeology : The Rediscovery of Assyria - The Americans at Nippur - The Excavation of Troy -- II. Decipherment : The Decipherment of the Cuneiform - The Decipherment of Egyptian Hieroglyphics - The Decipherment of Minoan Linear B - A Few Basic Facts about Ancient Writing -- III. Literary Sources : The Tale of Gyges ; Herodotus , Nicolaus of Damascus, Justin , Plato , Photius , Plutarch - The Historical Gyges ; Rassam Cylinder - The Later History of Lydia ; Herodotus , Plutarch , Justin , Livy , The Birth of Sargon , Josephus , Herodotus , Nicolaus of Damascus , Bacchylides , Herodotus -- IV. Criticism, External and Internal : Herodotus , Herodotus , Plutarch , Herodotus , Cornelius Nepos - Internal Criticism -- V. The Labyrinth of Chronos : Alexander the Great ; Plutarch , Arrian , Alexander and the winter of 330-329 B.C. - The Date of the Death of Carus : A chronological problem : the date of the death of Carus -- VI. A Word about Documents : Administrative Documents - Private Documents ; By the rivers of Babylon sat we down - Treaties - The Legislative Process - The Cursus Honorum and an Epitaph - VII. Numismatics : A Numismatic Biography of Augustus.
650		0	_aHistory, Ancient.
650		0	_aHistory _xMethodology.
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