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

The paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 156 Publisher: Camidge. University Press A Flamboyant polymath General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900) was influential in four fields during HIS LIFETIME: Military Training anthropology archeology 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 itish archaeology. This is the most complete biography of a controversial man whose methods...Read More

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    Mark Bowden has written an entertaining and thoroughly researched biography of General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900). A flamboyant polymath, General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900) was influential in four fields...

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    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.

  • 0521106222
  • 9780521106221
  • Mark Bowden
  • 2 April 2009
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 200
  • 1
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