Pioneers in Historical Archaeology

Pioneers in Historical Archaeology PDF Author: Stanley South
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781489909572
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Book Description
In this unique volume, twelve pioneers of historical archaeology offer reminiscences of the early part of their respective careers, circa 1920 to 1940. Each scholar had to overcome numerous biases held by historians and archaeologists-thus each chapter documents a step in the field's march from a marginal to a mainstream discipline. The book makes for facinating reading for archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians of science, and reminds us of the words of C.H. Fairbanks: ''what is past is prelude; study the past. ''