Knowing Things: Exploring the Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum 1884-1945

by Chris Gosden and Frances Larson

This book explores the early history of the Pitt Rivers Museum and its collections. Many thousands of people collected objects for the Museum between its foundation in 1884 and 1945, and together they and the objects they collected provide a series of insights into the early history of archaeology and anthropology. The volume also includes individual biographies and group histories of the people originally making and using the objects, as well as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199225893
• ISBN13: 9780199225897
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"