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the finest archaeological magazines there is, and, at its beginning, the 

 very finest. In 1876, the Italian Accademia dei Lincei had begun 

 its periodical, Notisie degli Scavi di Antichita, a journal devoted en- 

 tirely to reports of excavations. It is of interest to say in this con- 

 nection that the Italians have not ceased to carry on excavations and 

 archaeological research work in spite of the war, that the Notisie has 

 not in any way suspended publication, and that, in southern Etruria, 

 especially at Cervetri, I believe, some of the finest vases have re- 

 cently been found that have ever come to light. We can see then, 

 from the indications that I have mentioned, that, up to 1885 the 

 study of archaeology was making great strides, and that, naturally 

 enough, it was helping along the interest in vases. 



In 1885, however, two events of the first importance occurred, 

 one of them epoch-making in its significance. This makes 1885 a 

 date to be remembered, and put with 1764 (Winckelmann), 1767 

 (Passeri), 1828 (foundation of the Institute di Corrispondenza), 

 1837 (final confirmation of Greek theory, by the publication of 

 Stackelberg) and 1854 (Otto Jahn's Munich catalogue) as a mile- 

 stone in the road towards a full knowledge of the subject. In that 

 year, the ^ kpxaLoXoyLKrj 'Eratpta in Greece undertook the excavation of 

 the Acropolis at Athens. Almost at the outset important data were 

 found relative to the chronology of Greek vases. The fragments 

 of pottery found in the debris which was used as filling material 

 after the departure of the Persians in 479 B.C., and which ob- 

 viously antedated the Persian invasion, contained Attic red-figured 

 potsherds. This, of course, threw back the beginning of the red- 

 figured technique, and also, of course the black-figured, which every- 

 one agreed preceded it, to a much earlier date than had been sup- 

 posed. This is the beginning of the working out of the true chron- 

 ology of Attic vase-painting. 



The year 1885 introduced other noteworthy developments as 

 well. The Archaeological Institute of America, which had founded 

 the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, in 1881, began 

 in this year the publication of the American Journal of Archccology 

 (A.J.A.). This periodical, a quarterly, is now recognized as one of 

 the leading scientific archaeological journals in the world. Its pres- 

 ent editor is Dr. J. M. Paton, of Cambridge, Mass. From the 



