Books in Brief

Enthusiastic How-To

Archaeological Adventure in Israel, a Practical Guide

Arnold J. Flegenheimer (Roslyn Heights, NY: Roth, 1986) 136 pp., $9.95, paperback

Guides to archaeology range from field manuals reflecting an excavation’s digging methodology to large volumes of color photography intended to entertain visitors to your living room. But the genuine tyro finds the field manual too technical to be useful and the pictorial panorama more entertaining than informative.

What an amateur attracted to archaeology seeks is a book that excites his interest, raises the current level of his knowledge, and provides useful information for moving forward. Arnold Flegenheimer and his helpers have tried to do just that, to meet those needs of a reader newly infected with the allure of archaeology.