Daniel J. Sherman

From state-sponsored excavations in Tunisia to debates over Neolithic discoveries in central France, early archaeology was defined by a tension between scientific rigor and public spectacle. Sensations: French Archaeology between Science and Spectacle, 1890–1940, a book by Daniel J. Sherman, Member (1993–94; 2016) in the School of Historical Studies, unearths the long-running historical controversies that forged the discipline as we understand it today.