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             Regardless of much criticism of Schliemann's personal life, his business ethics, and his methods of excavation, he is often regarded as the "father of archaeology." In this field, few are better known than of Heinrich Schliemann. This assessment comes from the impact of his excavations. Spanning a period of twenty years, he initiated the study of a completely new period in world history; the Bronze Age Aegean, stretching from ca. 3500 to ca. 1050 BC. Having never studied archaeology formally, this achievement was particularly remarkable (Bloedow, 1).
             Schliemann's own personal journals an
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