Epilogue: why the history of archaeology matters.

From: Antiquity | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

In recent years the history of archaeology has been enjoying something of a vogue in different research traditions, resulting in a wealth of new studies and publications. In the English-speaking world, our store of biographies and national histories has been considerably expanded by the five-volume Encyclopedia of archaeology (Murray 1999; 2001). The Bulletin of the History of Archaeology has provided a much needed forum for research, and the AREA project --Archives of European Archaeology--has begun to explore a range of resources bearing on the history of archaeology in Europe. ...

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