Rewriting history : changing perceptions of the archaeological past /

Every generation re-writes history in its own way’. Re-writing History applies Collingwood’s dictum to a series of topics and themes, some of which have been central to prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology for the past century or more, while some have been triggered by more recent changes in te...

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Main Author: Harding, Dennis (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
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