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History of Archaeology
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Nicolas Steno publishes the first description of Stratigraphy
William Smith First applied the concept of Stratigraphy
Nicolas Mahudel Introduces the three age system and cross-comparison of artefacts
William Borlase Starts a county by county history but never finished
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen Careful analysis and phasing of material culture
John Lubbock Classified pre-history into periods and helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline
William Stukeley Tries to explain the meaning and use of prehistoric sites.
John Aubrey Pioneer in the study and recording megaliths like Stonehenge
Royal Society of Antiquaries established
Karl Weber bringing the first sense of professionalism excavations at Pompeii
Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre Starts excavating Pompeii and Herculaneum for King of Spain, Charles III
Cassiano dal Pozzo "paper museum", collecting artefacts and illustrating them for others
Johann Joachim Winckelmann Lay the intellectual foundations for the systematic study of ancient art, culture, and artifacts.
Andrea Palladio Recorded detailed plans of Ruins.
John Leland appointed by King Henry VIII to record his land and took great interest in recording Roman and pre-historic sites.
Maarten van Heemskerck Starts to draw ancient Rome.
Apollo Belvedere (AD 120–140) discovered
Laocoön and His Sons (200 BC- 70s AD) discovered
John White describes the Algonquin people in North Carolina
Jean-François Champollion Starts to decipher the Rosetta Stone
Louvre becomes a museum
British Museum established
Study of the Middle-East begins
General Alexander Cunningham Archaeological Survey of India
Karl Mauch records Great Zimbabwe
Heinrich Schliemann creates a public craze for archaeology
"On the Origin of Species" published
"Das Kapital" published
General Pitt-Rivers starts systematic excavations of Cranborne Chase
Thomas Jefferson excavates a burial mound
National Trust established
Ancient Monuments Protection Act
Hilda and Flinders Petrie Start creating a typology of pottery that would allow dating across Europe
The start of Arian pseudoarcheology with Edmund Kiss claiming andeian people were of Arian decent
Dorothy Garrod starts investigating early humans in Europe
Tessa and Mortimer Wheeler Start strict stratigraphic excavations
Vere Gordon Childe publishes "The Dawn of European Civilization" (1925)
Willard Libby & C14 Dating
Clark publishes "Analytical Archaeology"
Renfrew Publishes "The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean"
Willey and Phillips Publish "Method and Theory in American Archaeology"
Clarke publsihes "Archaeology: The Loss of Innocence"
Hodder publishes "Reading the Past"
Ingold publishes "The Temporality of the Landscape"
Shanks and Tilly "Reconstructing Archaeology: Theory and Practice"
‘The Death of Theory’ at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group
Hodder publishes "Archaeological Theory Today"
Complete Human Genome Sequenced
Society of Dilettanti established
First fragments of ancient humans discovered in Feldhofer, Germany and given the name "Neanderthalensis"
Engis 2, the fossilised remains of early human was discovered in Belgium, but not yet recognised as Neanderthal.
King Nabonidus "excavates" temple of Naram-Sin (2200BC)
Khaemweset, son of Ramesses II, takes an interest in restoring and recording old monuments
William Camden compiles guide to Roman remains in Britian
William Stukeley starts recording and excavating sites in Britian. Starts to suggests pre-Roman dates for some site.
Períodos
Enlightenment
Renaissance
Reformation
Period of Nationalism & Imperialism
Professionalisation of Archaeology
The Processionalists
The Post-Processionalists
The Death of Theory?
Chinese gentry start collecting ancient artefacts and digging up ancient tombs.
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