Open AccessThe Yorkshire Antiquarian Club 1849–c.1860
Author(s) -
Stephen Harrison
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of the history of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-6930
pISSN - 1062-4740
DOI - 10.5334/bha.20105
Subject(s) - club , demise , context (archaeology) , excavation , archaeology , bronze , history , ancient history , geography , political science , geology , law , paleontology
The Yorkshire Antiquarian Club was formed in York in 1849. Betweenthat date and 1855 club members undertook a series of excavations on Bronze Age and IronAge funerary monuments in various parts of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. Thispaper explores the origins, activities and eventual demise of the club, and seeks toplace it within its contemporary archaeological context
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