Mortimer Wheeler Quote

Archaeology is a science that must be lived, must be "seasoned with humanity". Dead archaeology is the driest dust that blows.


Archaeology from the Earth, Preface (p. v)


Archaeology is a science that must be lived, must be seasoned with humanity. Dead archaeology is the driest dust that blows.

Archaeology is a science that must be lived, must be seasoned with humanity. Dead archaeology is the driest dust that blows.

Archaeology is a science that must be lived, must be seasoned with humanity. Dead archaeology is the driest dust that blows.

Archaeology is a science that must be lived, must be seasoned with humanity. Dead archaeology is the driest dust that blows.