Best Training Ground for Archaeologists
Subtitle: Francis Haverfield and the Invention of Romano
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited; Oxbow
Published: December 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9781842172803
Subjects: European archaeology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; British Isles; Archaeology; (Francis),; 1860-1919; Great Britain; Haverfield, F.; Historiography; History; Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
Description: To his contemporaries, Francis John Haverfield was the 'father of Romano-British studies', and his death on September 30th 1919 was greeted with widespread lamentation. This title presents an in-depth account of his immense contribution to the study of Roman Britain.