Archives, Ancestors, Practices

Archaeology in the Light of its History

Nathan Schlanger, Jarl Nordbladh, Nathan Schlanger, Jarl Nordbladh

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9781845450663
• eBook ISBN: 9780857450654
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: Social Sciences

In line with the resurgence of interest in the history of archaeology manifested over the past decade, this volume aims to highlight state-of-the art research across several topics and areas, and to stimulate new approaches and studies in the field. With their shared historiographical commitment, the authors, leading scholars and emerging researchers, draw from a wide range of case studies to address major themes such as historical sources and methods; questions of archaeological practices and the practical aspects of knowledge production; 'visualizing archaeology' and the multiple roles of iconography and imagery; and 'questions of identity' at local, national and international levels.

Table of contents

• Title page-Archives, ancestors, practices
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Plates
• List of Contributors
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• General Introduction
• Part I-Sources and methods for the history of archaeology
• Ch 1-Biography as microhistory
• Ch 2-From distant shoes
• Ch 3-The hemenway southwestern archarological expedition, 1886-1889
• Ch 4-The Phenomenon of Pre-Soviet archaeology
• Ch 5-Prehistoric archaeology in the 'parliament of science', 1845-1900
• Part II-Archaeological practice
• Ch 6-Wilamowirz and stratigraphy in 1873
• Ch 7-Methodological reflections on the history of excavation techniques
• Ch 8-'More than a village'
• Ch 9-Amateurs and professionals in nineteenth-century archaeology
• Ch 10-Revisiting the 'Invisible college'
• Ch 11-Between Sweden and central Asia
• Ch 12-Model excavations
• Part III-Visualising archaeology
• Ch 13-The impossible museum
• Ch 14-Towards a more 'scientific' archaeological tool
• Ch 15-European images of the ancient near east at the beginnings of the twentieth century
• Ch 16-Weaving images
• Ch 17-Frozen in time
• Part IV-Questions of identity
• Ch 18-Choosing ancestors
• Ch 19-Archaeology, politics and identity
• Ch 20-The Wagner Brothers
• Ch 21-Language, nationalism and the identity of archaeologists
• Ch 22-Protohistory at the portuguese association of archaeologists
• Ch 23-Making Spain Hispanic
• Ch 24-Virchow and Kossinna
• Ch 25-Dutch archaeology and national socialism
• Index