On Accidental Archaeology
Publication Date
2012
Description
Archaeological excavations in the nineteenth century presented images of past and present collapsed together. Examining the accidental excavation of Roman remains in London and the failed excavation of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, this essay shows how the intrusion of material from one time into another disrupted notions of linear chronology.
Journal
BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net
Department
English
Link to Published Version
http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=virginia-zimmerman-on-domestic-archaeology
Recommended Citation
Zimmerman, Virginia. "On Accidental Archaeology." BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net (2012) .