Augustus Pitt Rivers Quotes

Tedious as it may appear to some to dwell on the discovery of odds and ends that have, no doubt, been thrown away by the owner as rubbish ... yet it is by the study of such trivial details that Archaeology is mainly dependent for determining the date of earthworks. ... Next to coins fragments of pottery afford the most reliable of all evidence.

Augustus Pitt Rivers

Odds, Discovery, Doubt

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Born: April 14, 1827
Died: May 4, 1900
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