![]() With the spread of subsidized national museums throughout Europe and the appointment of curators came the beginning of national archaeology services, often structured almost militarily – like tax collectors or police – with ranks, hierarchies, and local officers in each region or district. Generally speaking archaeology as a profession could never have emerged without the state nurturing it, fostering it, and shaping it as a structured profession. ![]() ![]() ![]() These Scandinavian kings encouraged the development of a professional Archaeology? Several kings in other Scandinavian countries were keen archaeologists: getting down there in the mud and digging away themselves. He, and later Oscar Montelius (1843-1921), were both patriotic Danes who cooperated with the King and the court and who wanted to create a national narrative and create a glorious past that Denmark could allude to and be proud of. ![]() Tell us something about the early figures in archaeology, such as Christian Thomsen.Ĭhristian Thomsen (1788-1865) was the first to to invent the idea of the three ages: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Foreign Policy & International Relations. ![]()
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