Sources & Further Reading
Every page of this record rests on the work of the institutions that study Pitt-Rivers. Begin here, and go to the originals.
Primary and institutional sources
The definitive modern research project on his life, writings and collections.
Digital catalogue and essays on the English collections.
All four volumes, freely readable on the Internet Archive.
The contemporary obituary assessment.
Twentieth-century summary of his life and work.
The encyclopedia overview.
The linked-data record.
The pleasure gardens he opened to the public on the Rushmore estate.
The original texts online
Read his words directly.
Excavations in Cranborne Chase
All four volumes, freely readable on the Internet Archive, with the plates that made his method visible.
Read online →On the Evolution of Culture and Other Essays
The collected theoretical essays, including the 1875 classification paper.
Read online →Antique Works of Art from Benin
His 1900 catalogue of the Benin collection, completed as he died.
Read online →On the making of this record
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