The creation of archaeology as a science in Scotland in the mid nineteenth century
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This is a past event
Evening lecture in association with University of Aberdeen Museums and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
As President of the Society in the mid nineteenth century, Daniel Wilson took the lead in trying to persuade the British Association for the Advancement of Science to recognise the practice of archaeology as a science. This lecture explores how Wilson’s ideas were taken forward through the investigations of stone circles in north eastern Scotland by John Stuart and Charles Dalrymple, Captain FWL Thomas on Orkney and in Arran by James Bryce in the 1850s and 1860s.
- Speaker
- Dr Elizabeth Curtis, University of Aberdeen
- Hosted by
- University of Aberdeen Museums
- Venue
- Regent Lecture Theatre
- Contact
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University of Aberdeen Museums:
Tel: 01224 274330
E-mail: kingsmuseum@abdn.ac.ukKing's Museum
Old Townhouse
High Street
Aberdeen
AB24 3EN