The Kentish Eoliths of Benjamin Harrison
Their Rise and Fall in Museum Collections and What This Tells Us about the Circumstances of Their Survival
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2289539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Ellen (0000-0002-7349-2419, University of Kent, corresponding author), Angela Muthana (University of Kent) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 180-194 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Museum Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0892-8339 • E-ISSN: 1548-1379 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/muan.12257 |
| OpenAlex | W4288758323 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
Studies focusing on the history of collections generally emphasize what is estimable about them, but how should we make sense of collections that, once held in high regard, have subsequently been judged worthless? Such is the case for eoliths, stone objects resembling early artifacts, which held a pivotal position in arguments concerning the origins of human tool-making, but which are now largely considered nonartifactual. This article discusses the circumstances in which eolith collections were assembled, with reference to national and local museums in southeast England, but is mainly concerned with how and why, with the passing of the eolithic heyday, so many objects described as eoliths were lost, why others remain in museums, and what this tells us about curatorial practice
Art history · Genealogy · Position (finance · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
On the Origin of "Eolithic" Flints by Natural Causes, Especially by the Foundering of Drifts
The Eolithic stone age, or notes on Eoliths from kent
Perspectives on Socially Shared Cognition
Classifying ‘Eoliths’
An Experimental Approach to Understanding the “Eolithic” Problem
Knowing Things
Finding Time for the Old Stone Age
The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain
On the Earliest Occupation of Europe
Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford
Assemblage thinking and actor-network theory
The Experimental Investigation of Flint Fracture and its Application to Problems of Human Implements
The Image of Objectivity
The Creation of Prehistoric Man
These Rude Implements
The Eolith Debate, Evolutionist Anthropology and the Oxford Connection Between 1880 and 1940
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |