Milestones in Archaeology: A Chronological Encyclopedia

摘要

Archaeology as a systematic scientific discipline is generally considered to have begun in the nineteenth century; however, the present volume reminds us that humankind has taken an interest in how his ancestors lived and died many centuries before the great excavations begun in the nineteenth century. Author of the work under review is Tim Murray, professor of archaeology at LaTrobe University in Melbourne, Australia. In the introduction Murray explains that the idea for this volume arose from his work as editor of the Encyclopedia of Archaeology (Murray, 1999-2001), which is a wide-ranging compendium of essays by different authors tracing the development of archaeology on a global scale. In contrast Milestones examines significant archaeological discoveries throughout the world in a series of brief essays.