Pitt Rivers: The Life and Archaeological Work of Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers

Bowden, Mark

ISBN 10: 0521400775 / ISBN 13: 9780521400770

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1991

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Dust jacket has light wear around the edges. Very clean. Black cloth cover like new with square corners. Nameplate on endpaper. Pages are crisp, a few have highlighting. Seller Inventory # F039

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pitt Rivers: The Life and Archaeological ...

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

A flamboyant polymath, General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827–1900) was influential in four fields during his lifetime: military training, anthropology, archaeology and public education. Yet very little is known about his career, character, or motivation. Mark Bowden has written an entertaining and thoroughly researched biography of the General, which describes his stormy relationships with his wife, children, colleagues, tenants and dependants; his military career; his activities in public education; and his contributions to anthropology and archaeology. In particular he assesses his impact as excavator, field archaeologist, theoretician and first Inspector of Ancient Monuments on the development of British archaeology. This is the most complete biography of a controversial man whose methods and ideals have been much quoted but frequently misunderstood and misrepresented.

Book Description:

A flamboyant polymath, General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827–1900) was influential in four fields during his lifetime: military training, anthropology, archaeology and public education. Yet very little is known about his career, character or motivation.