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Author Carruthers, William, 1982- author

Title Flooded pasts : UNESCO, Nubia, and the recolonization of archaeology / William Carruthers
Published Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction: Flooding Nubia -- The view from the boat -- Documenting Nubia -- Valuing Egyptian Nubia -- Making Sudan archaeological -- Peopling Nubia -- Nubia in the (non-aligned) world -- Traces of Nubia -- Conclusion: Repeopling Nubia
Summary "Examines a world famous yet critically under-examined event-UNESCO's 1960-80 International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia-to show how the project, its genealogy, and its aftermath not only helped to propel archaeology into a changing world but also helped to 'recolonize' it"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 28, 2022)
Subject International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia -- Influence
Archaeology -- Social aspects -- Nubia
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Archaeology -- Social aspects
Colonial influence
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Archaeology.
History.
SUBJECT Nubia -- Colonial influence
Subject Africa -- Nubia
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022001212
ISBN 9781501766459
1501766457
9781501766466
1501766465