in fostering discussion and debate in an increasingly diverse discipline.

Conclusion

One goal of this all too brief discussion of the history of British prehistoric archaeology was to determine whether the great diversity of the discipline’s past and its contemporary practice could be effectively synthesized through the identification of overarching themes and issues. This synthesis (and others, such as Renfrew 1974) has been only partially successful, primarily because there is still so much that we do not know about the specifics of that history. Certainly, in those areas in which detailed research has been carried out, a complex and frequently counterintuitive history has been revealed. Given the fact that British prehistoric archaeologists have long had considerable impact on practices outside of Britain (particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world), a deeper understanding of the discipline’s social and cultural history is important for archaeologists across the globe.

Tim Murray

See also

Britain, Classical Archaeology; Britain, Roman Historiography; Layard, Sir Austen Henry

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