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Manohar Piecing Together the Past The Interpretation of Archaeological Data (PB) by V Gordon Childe
Traditionally, history is critically assessed with two methods archaeology and literature. Childe’s, Piecing Together the Past is about the evolution of archaeology as a discipline in the academic world. This work talks about the significance of archaeological data to understand pre-history and historical era objects for inquiry. Childe presents this book by describing the benefits from a scholarly perspective. It is an important work for the students and researchers interested in historical study of archaeology. About the Author V. Gordon Childe (1892-1957) was an Australian archaeologist and linguist who specialized in the field of prehistory of Europe. He is also known as the ‘father of modern archaeology’. He is an alma mater of the University of Sydney and The Queen’s College, Oxford. He authored seminal books such as The Aryans; What Happened in History; The Dawn of European Civilization, etc.