Pour une histoire de l'archéologie XVIIIe siècle - 1945. Hommage de ses collègues et amis à Éve Gran-Aymerich

When looking backward at the discipline of archaeology, one comes across many questions that are relevant to the present time about the development of its scientific methods and the historical context in which it took place, and about the history of collections in Europe and the rest of the world. This volume gathers some thirty contributions of specialists who do cutting-edge research in three areas: the birth of archaeology during the Age of Enlightenment and at the beginning of the nineteenth century, which led scholars from philology and ancient history to field archaeology and the study of artefacts; the development of archaeology through the impact of cultural transfers from the middle of the nineteenth century until World War II; the institutionalization of archaeology since the beginning of the nineteenth century and its relation to national politics. In that way contributors wish to pay a tribute to Ève Gran-Aymerich, whose work played a major role in making the history of archaeology a real subject of scientific study.