Trash to treasure: extinction, refuse, and the history of prehistoric archaeology and related sciences of the past
Auteur :
Podgorny, Irina
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009678537
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2026
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element explores how waste and food leftovers were transformed into evidence of the natural and human past, valuable collector's items, and museum specimens. In the nineteenth century, rubbish pits became repositories of new sources for studying the past. The Element connects nineteenth-century history waste with prehistoric archaeology.