The Discovery of the Past

By Alain Schnapp, Ian Kinnes (translator), Gillian Varndell (translator)

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Examines the development of archaeology as a science and the process by which humankind developed an understanding of its past

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The Discovery of the Past is an intellectual tour de force focused on explaining how the modern practice of archaeology came to be.

The book has a particular strength in charting the origins and growth of archaeology in Europe and the consequences of its application to the exploration of remote human history around the world.

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