Ancestral Archives: Explorations in the History of Archaeology

• Published in: Antiquity Vol. 76; no. 291; pp. 127 - 131
• Main Author: Schlanger, Nathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2002
• Subjects: Ancestry; Ancient civilization; Antiquity; Archaeological evidence; Archaeological excavation; Archaeological methodology; Archaeological research; Archaeologists; Archaeology; Archives; Charles Darwin; Civilization, Ancient; Cultural background; Cultural change; Dating; Discipline; Encyclopedias; Europe; Greek language; Historians; Historical text analysis; Historiography; History; History of archaeology; History of ideas; History of science; Jan Christiaan Smuts; John Evans; Knowledge; Marcelin Boule; Mortimer Wheeler; Museums; Philosophy; Prehistoric era; Science; Special section: Ancestral Archives: Explorations in the History of Archaeology; United Kingdom; England; France; Santa Barbara California

Historiographic revelations Back from his famous visit to Boucher de Perthes in the spring of 1859, John Evans hastened to invite some antiquarians friends in London to examine his finds. The flint implements he had collected with Joseph Prestwich in the undisturbed gravel beds of the Somme valley w...