UID:
almahu_9947415509302882
Format:
1 online resource (vi, 312 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781316160534 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Archaeology
Content:
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 2 contains anecdotes including an archaeological excavation conducted by Darwin's mentor Henslow on a tumulus in his parish.
Note:
Originally published in London by George Bell and Sons in
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108081771
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316160534
