Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology, takes great pains to relate this history as completely as possible. Unfortunately, it sometimes gets lost in boring details. While it is a great jumping off point for your research into archaeology, it is just that, a jumping off point.
Gods, Graves, and Scholars by C.W. Ceram is available from Amazon.comOther works by C.W. Ceram include: The Secret of the Hittites and The March of Archaeology.
As Kurt Marek, he also wrote: Yestermorrow: Notes on Man's Progress, Hands on the Past, The Pioneer Archaeologists Tell Their Own Story and First American.