Editorial
There are many sources easily available to those interested in uncovering parts of archaeology's past They range from the factual chronicle (as in Glyn Daniel's A Hundred Years of Archaeology), the personal essay, reminiscing about one's colleagues...
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| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
1992-05-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
| Online Access: | http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/451 |
| Summary: | There are many sources easily available to those interested in
uncovering parts of archaeology's past They range from the factual chronicle (as in Glyn
Daniel's A Hundred Years of Archaeology), the personal essay, reminiscing about one's
colleagues (as in Gordon R. Willey's Portraits in American Archaeology), the analysis of
ideas and theory (as in Bruce G. Trigger's survey of centuries in his A History
ofArchaeological Thought or Paul Corbin's Binford-bashing (inter alia) in What is
Archaeology?, the romp through the deceptions and follies that have committed in
archaeologies name (as in Stephen Williams' Fantastic Archaeology and, years ago, Robert
Wauchope's Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents, to the landmark publications of
archaeology's earlier years (such as Squier and Davis' Ancient Monuments of the
Mississippi Valley or John Aubrey's Monumenta Britannica. For a more personal approach
(archaeology is done by people, after all), there are a wealth of biographies and
autobiographies. A few of my favorites among those who have written about themselves and
their work are the books by O.G.S. Crawford, Max Mallowan, Samuel Noah Kramer, J. Eric
S. Thompson, and Mortimer Wheeler (what a varied group of people!). There are also many
excellent biographies, such as those of Max Uhle by John H. Rowe, Augustus and Alice
LePlongeon by Lawrence G. Desmond, and Phyllis M. Messenger, and Pitt Rivers by Mark
Bowden, to mention only a few. All of these offer views into archaeology's history that
are available in no other way. |
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| ISSN: | 1062-4740 2047-6930 |