1. Images have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break.

2. Footnotes have been renumbered and moved to the end of the chapter in which they are referenced.

3. Obvious punctuation errors have been corrected.

4. This text contains a few phrases in Greek with transliterations marked with mouse-hover popups:

σκόπελος

5. The following typographical errors have been corrected:

"identity" corrected to "identify" (page 82)
"archeological" corrected to "archaeological" (page 351)
"momenclature" corrected to "nomenclature" (page 514)

6. Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.