The Three Age System in English: new translations of the founding documents

The Stone – Bronze – Iron framework for ordering archaeological artifacts and epochs emerged in Denmark and southern Sweden in the years 1835–43, and is justly considered one of the defining developments in the origins of archaeology. Some of the crucial documents appeared in English in the mid-19th...

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Published inBulletin of the history of archaeology Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 4 - 15
Main Author Rowley-Conwy, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ubiquity Press 28.05.2004
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Summary:The Stone – Bronze – Iron framework for ordering archaeological artifacts and epochs emerged in Denmark and southern Sweden in the years 1835–43, and is justly considered one of the defining developments in the origins of archaeology. Some of the crucial documents appeared in English in the mid-19th century. Anglophone historians of archaeology make considerable use of these, but like the Scandinavian originals they are now scarce and often cannot be tracked down by the more general reader.
ISSN:1062-4740
2047-6930
DOI:10.5334/bha.14102