CLA260H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Inductive Reasoning, Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew Of Kaimsthorn, Radiocarbon Dating
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Session 19: doing roman archaeology (in alcock and osborne eds. Classical archaeology (2007) see the chapters by martin millett and henry hurst. ) Interest in the material remains of the ancient romans went hand- in-hand with the intensifying interest in classical literary texts in. Europe from the 14th century onwards: note in passing the somewhat exceptional figure of cyriac of. In addition to his descriptions of monuments and antiquities in rome, he travelled extensively in the eastern mediterranean and recorded (and drew) what he found. King of naples in 1738 and 1748 respectively; the first catalogue of finds was published in 1755, and in 1762. Winckelmann published a letter" on the herculaneum finds. It was only in 1860 however that giuseppe fiorelli began properly systematic and recorded excavations: there are foreign archaeological schools in rome (most notably the. French academy, (acad mie de france rome) which dates back to the 17th century, the british school at rome, and the american.
