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Title Archives, ancestors, practices : archaeology in the light of its history / edited by Nathan Schlanger and Jarl Nordbladh
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 356 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
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
Summary 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 ic
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Archaeology -- History -- Congresses
Archaeology -- Historiography -- Congresses
Archaeology -- Methodology -- Congresses
Archaeology and history -- Congresses
Archaeology -- Social aspects -- Congresses
Antiquities -- Congresses
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Congresses
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
HISTORY -- General.
Arqueología -- Historia
Arqueología -- Metodología
Antiquities
Archaeology
Archaeology and history
Archaeology -- Historiography
Archaeology -- Methodology
Archaeology -- Social aspects
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archäologie
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
History
Form Electronic book
Author Schlanger, Nathan, editor.
Nordbladh, Jarl, editor.
ISBN 9780857450654
0857450654