The discovery of the past : the origins of archaeology
Schnapp, Alain, 1946-1999
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In The Discovery of the Past, a professor of Greek archaeology investigates the ways in which mankind, from antiquity to the 19th century, used knowledge of the past to understand and manipulate the present.
Main title:
The discovery of the past : the origins of archaeology / Alain Schnapp.
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Imprint:
London : British Museum, 1999.
Collation:
384p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: 1996.Includes bibliographical references (p. 374-380) and index.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780714127323 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
526342