The archaeologist who tries to re-create the past is like a craftsman at work upon a great building. At first he sees but dimly the plan of the whole, but as he warms to his work it gradually unfolds itself before him.


Man and His Past, Chapter XIX (p. 225), Oxford University Press, Inc. 1921

O. G. S. Crawford Quotes

The archaeologist who tries to re-create the past is like a craftsman at work upon a great building. At first he sees but dimly the plan of the...

The archaeologist who tries to re-create the past is like a craftsman at work upon a great building. At first he sees but dimly the plan of the...

The archaeologist who tries to re-create the past is like a craftsman at work upon a great building. At first he sees but dimly the plan of the...

The archaeologist who tries to re-create the past is like a craftsman at work upon a great building. At first he sees but dimly the plan of the...