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THE inter-war period 1919–39, now so generally criticized for failures in the political and economic arenas, may be found in retrospect to be a Golden Age in the development of the science of field archaeology in Britain, comparable with the period of rapid advance in the science of geology in the first half of the nineteenth century. Pitt-Rivers laid its secure foundations in the late nineteenth century, and in the years since his death there has never been lacking one or more men imbued with his ideas, and utilizing his technique; but whereas such competent workers were, up to 1919, in a minority, their practice was thereafter standardized and developed in respect of both excavation methods and record. Improved mechanical devices such as air photography and the Rolleiflex camera, and ease of access to remote places brought about by the motor-car and road improvement, were also contributory causes.
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Council for British Archæology. Nature 154, 441–443 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154441a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154441a0