Article ID: CBB001450649

The Study of Prehistoric Artefacts in National Context: Belgian Archaeologists and the Problem of Ancient Stone Implements (2013)

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During the early nineteenth century European archaeologists were formulating new ideas about the significance of ancient stone artefacts. Some, such as Christian Thomsen in Copenhagen, believed that in Scandinavia, a Stone Age had preceded the Bronze and Iron Ages. In France some excavations had retrieved stone artefacts from deep levels of peat and cave deposits that suggested that these objects were of very great antiquity. While the collection and study of stone artefacts occurred across much of Europe, there were regional variations in their interpretation. Assisted by local institutions and motivated by patriotism, Belgian archaeologists who participated in this research, had much in common with their colleagues elsewhere in Europe, but the nature of local archaeological sites and the ideas of local researchers had an impact on the development and contributions of Belgian prehistoric archaeology.

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Authors & Contributors
Baker, Patricia Anne
Challis, Debbie
Dyson, Stephen L.
Ervynck, Anton
Gänger, Stefanie
Goodrum, Matthew R.
Journals
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Journal of Literature and Science
Journal of the History of Collections
History and Anthropology
Journal of Historical Geography
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
Publishers
Oxford University Press
University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Berkeley
Cambridge University Press
Åströms Förlag
Yale University Press
Concepts
Archaeology
Artifacts
Museums
Science and culture
Material culture
Technology
People
Confucius
Thomsen, Christian Jürgensen
Time Periods
19th century
Ancient
20th century, early
Medieval
20th century
Modern
Places
Europe
Greece
Belgium
Rome (Italy)
China
Egypt
Institutions
British Museum
Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (Iowa, U.S.)
Bureau of American Ethnology (Smithsonian Institution)
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