Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the Early History of Pleistocene Archaeology at the Queensland Museum

In 2012 the Queensland Museum (QM) will be one hundred and fifty years old, the third oldest museum in Australia. Interestingly, the QM was probably the first museum in the country to begin to support, but not the first to ignore (or even suppress?), what we would...

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Main Author: Michael C. Westaway
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Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2012-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
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Online Access:http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/503
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spelling doaj-c703ffbbbd2b418e85a93b205a1ee3242020-11-24T20:47:16ZengUbiquity PressBulletin of the History of Archaeology1062-47402047-69302012-07-01221141810.5334/bha.22114496Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the Early History of Pleistocene Archaeology at the Queensland MuseumMichael C. WestawayIn 2012 the Queensland Museum (QM) will be one hundred and fifty years old, the third oldest museum in Australia. Interestingly, the QM was probably the first museum in the country to begin to support, but not the first to ignore (or even suppress?), what we would consider today as something approaching prehistoric scientific archaeological research.http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/503prehistoryQueensland Museum
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title Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the Early History of Pleistocene Archaeology at the Queensland Museum
title_short Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the Early History of Pleistocene Archaeology at the Queensland Museum
title_full Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the Early History of Pleistocene Archaeology at the Queensland Museum
title_fullStr Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the Early History of Pleistocene Archaeology at the Queensland Museum
title_full_unstemmed Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the Early History of Pleistocene Archaeology at the Queensland Museum
title_sort sydney b.j. skertchly and the early history of pleistocene archaeology at the queensland museum
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
issn 1062-4740
2047-6930
publishDate 2012-07-01
description In 2012 the Queensland Museum (QM) will be one hundred and fifty years old, the third oldest museum in Australia. Interestingly, the QM was probably the first museum in the country to begin to support, but not the first to ignore (or even suppress?), what we would consider today as something approaching prehistoric scientific archaeological research.
topic prehistory
Queensland Museum
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