INTRODUCTORY LECTURE
ON
ARCHÆOLOGY.
PREFACE.
The following Lecture was divided in the deliveryinto two parts; illustrative specimens being exhibitedafter the conclusion of the delivery ofeach portion. It has been suggested that Ishould add in the form of notes a few books whichmay prove useful to the students of particularbranches of Archæology; my best thanks are dueto the Rev. T. G. Bonney and the Rev. W. G.Searle for their kind and valuable assistance indrawing up certain of the lists. For ancient artand archæology K. O. Müller’s Manual, so oftenreferred to, will in general sufficiently indicate thebibliography, and it is only in a few departments,in numismatics more especially, that it has beendeemed necessary to add anything to his references.M. Labarte’s Handbook, from which a greatpart of the concluding portion of this lecture isderived, will do the same thing, though in a farless complete manner, for medieval art.
CONTENTS.
Plan of the Lecture, pp. 1-3.
Archæology defined, and the principal kinds of archæologicalmonuments specified, pp. 3-6.
Nature of the Disney Professorship of Archæology explained;its comprehensive character; the advantages of this, pp.6-13.
Sketch of the existing remains of Antiquity among differentnations, beginning with primeval man, pp. 13-21. TheEgyptians, pp. 21-26. The Babylonians, pp. 26, 27.The Assyrians, pp. 27, 28. The Persians, pp. 28, 29.The Jews, pp. 29-31. The Phœnicians, pp. 31, 32. TheLycians, pp. 32, 33. The Greeks, pp. 33-41. TheEtruscans, p. 41. The Romans, pp. 42-46. TheCelts, pp. 43, 44. The Byzantine empire and the Europeannations during the middle ages, pp. 46-61. Recapitulation,pp. 61, 62.
Qualifications necessary for an archæologist. He must be acollector of facts and objects, and be able to reason onthem. He must also be a man of learning. Exact scholarship,an appreciation of art, and a knowledge of naturalhistory often useful or necessary for the archæologist, pp.63-6