The unsung heroes

Hosfield, R. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6357-2805 (2009) The unsung heroes. Lithics, 30. pp. 185-200. ISSN 0262-7817

Abstract/Summary

This paper explores the roles played by local collectors, often little-known or rarely remembered, in the compilation of Britain’s Earlier (Lower and early Middle) Palaeolithic record, with reference to the work of C.E. (Charles) Bean at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Broom, and the activities of George Smith and Llewellyn and Mabel Treacher in the Middle Thames Valley. Their collecting practices, publication records, and archaeological knowledge and insights are reviewed, and their impacts assessed with reference to the activities of other contemporary collectors, and the regional archaeological records of the south-west and the Middle Thames. Their archives demonstrate that while the key sites and artefact assemblages sampled by Bean, Smith and the Treachers would not otherwise have been unknown, their work left important legacies in terms of rich artefact assemblages, site archives (Bean), and the long-term monitoring of key sites and fluvial terraces.

Additional Information	Special issue entitled Great Prehistorians: 150 Years of Palaeolithic Research, 1859-2009, edited by R.T. Hosfield, F.F. Wenban-Smith & M.I. Pope
Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/16467
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Scientific Archaeology
Additional Information	Special issue entitled Great Prehistorians: 150 Years of Palaeolithic Research, 1859-2009, edited by R.T. Hosfield, F.F. Wenban-Smith & M.I. Pope
Publisher	Lithic Studies Society
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