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The rise and fall of Bronze Age studies in England 1840–1960

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael Morris
Michael Morris*
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Chester Archaeological Service, Grosvenor Museum, 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester CH1 2DD, UK
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This essay in the historiography of Bronze Age studies traces their growth from the early 19th-century adoption of the Three Age system to the 1960s and their subsequent decline as a distinct field of endeavour with the retreat from period-based approaches.

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 251 , June 1992 , pp. 419 - 426
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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