Guide to Northern Archaeology
Thomsen, Christian J / RSNA Copenhagen
It is not less certain that monuments and remains of antiquity, other than literary, have a just claim to be considered as indirect sources for the same historical result."
-Christian Thomsen, Guide to Northern Archeology
Guide to Northern Archeology (1848) by Christian Thomsen is a comparative history of craftsmanship and technology. Instead of considering the authenticity of individual objects, however, Thomsen looked at the way objects ca...