CLCV 1008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jacques Boucher De Crèvecœur De Perthes, Austen Henry Layard, Flinders Petrie
15 Dec 2017
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Geology as an existing science (earth sciences) Considered founder of modern science of geology. Published a book that outlined the basic fundamentals of archaeological excavations: william strata smith. Drew first geological map of britain in 1814: sir charles lyell. In 1833, he published the principles of geology . Jacques boucher de perthes: french archaeologist, found bones of extinct animals found in somme, in france, no one believed him until english archaeologists went out and saw the proof. Charles darwin: wrote on the origin of species and the descent of man, books talked about natural selection and fundamentals of evolution. Was an english traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian. Was a german businessman and a pioneer in the field of archaeology conducted excavations in troja. Stephens and catherwood (pages 29,32: stumbled upon the maya, located ruins of mayan city copan (now honduras) There were no remnants of past: discovered many other mesoamerican cities.
