Retrospections, Social and Archaeological - Couverture souple

Smith, Charles Roach

 
9781108081597: Retrospections, Social and Archaeological
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108081592 ISBN 13 : 9781108081597
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This three-volume work, published 1883–91, reviews Charles Roach Smith's activities as an archaeological excavator and collector.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Charles Roach Smith (1806–90) had a prosperous career as a druggist. His shop was in the City of London, then undergoing major excavation and redevelopment, and he began to collect the artefacts being uncovered around him. With a widening interest in all aspects of the past, Smith began to publish notes on his collection as well as antiquarian observations. (His Illustrations of Roman London is also reissued in this series.) This three-volume work, published 1883–91, reviews his activities as an excavator, collector, and co-founder of the British Archaeological Association. Pen-portraits of fellow enthusiasts and descriptions of ancient buildings and ruins are interspersed with accounts of infighting in the Association, and biting criticism of local and national authorities who refused to take on responsibility for Britain's archaeological heritage. Volume 3, published posthumously, includes Smith's accounts of his later life in Kent, and his antiquarian visits to France.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108081592
ISBN 13 
9781108081597
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
332
Coordonnées du fabricant
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