THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE 1ST PREHISTORIC SCIENCE IN ITALY

In another - and perhaps the last - of the sequence of contributions to Antiquity on the subject of the invention of prehistory in various lands, the example of Italy is explored. Again, the basic inspirations, especially from geology, are the same; and again the particular form of Italian prehistory also reflected, and may yet reflect, the special conditions of the nation's cultural and intellectual life in the 19th century. © 1991, Antiquity Publications Ltd. All rights reserved.