ABSTRACT
Chapter 1 explored how archaeology (or antiquarianism, as its early manifestation is known) had developed in Europe through the Renaissance
to the eighteenth century into a common and
relatively harmless distraction for the educated.
Chapter 1 explored how archaeology (or antiquarianism, as its early manifestation is known) had developed in Europe through the Renaissance
to the eighteenth century into a common and
relatively harmless distraction for the educated.