Uncanny Archaeologies

Gabriel Moshenska is an Associate Professor in Public Archaeology at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Public Archaeology, and author or editor of eight books and 100+ papers. He has published extensively on archaeological themes in horror fiction.

• Foreword Steve ToaseIntroduction 0. Introduction: ancient horrors and archaeological receptionsGabriel Moshenska, UCL, UKConceptualising archaeological horror1. Vicarious Ethnicity and Transgressive Knowledge in Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Lot No. 249’ and H.P Lovecraft’s ‘The Horror at Red Hook’Daniel Renshaw, University of Reading, UK2. ‘Why have you awakened us from our ancient slumber?’ Archaeological objects and body horror Jessica O’Neill3. Antiquaries, ontographers, and uncanny objects in two ghost stories by M.R. JamesTom Sparrow, Slippery Rock University, USA4. Becoming-ruin and the apocalyptic sublime in P.B. Shelley’s The Daemon of the World and ‘The Coliseum’Mia X. Pérez, The Graduate Center, CUNY, USANotable authors and creators5. Barrow-born: archaeological practice as a literary device to evoke horror in the works of Nigel KnealeKenneth Brophy, University of Glasgow, UK and Katy Soar, University of Winchester, UK6. Cosmic horror and archaeology: Lovecraftian monsters and encounters with alien pasts Vesa-Pekka Herva, University of Oulu, Finland and Antti Lahelma, University of Helsinki, Finland7. Prehistoric Britain and Ancient Egypt in E.F. Benson’s ‘spook stories’Gabriel Moshenska, UCL, UK8. From the further side of experience: ancient Egypt and the numinous in the work of Algernon BlackwoodLawrence Webb, University of Southampton, UKMediating archaeological horror9. ‘Inspired by a true story’: uncanny and eerie archaeology behind the horror of AMC’s The Terror. Stephanie Halmhofer, University of Alberta, Canada and Solène Mallet Gauthier, University of Alberta, Canada10. Buried in darkness: Black Metal’s archaeology of horrorJoão Sequeira, University of Coimbra, Portugal and Tânia Casimiro, University of Stirling, UK11. The archaeologist dies at the end: contrasting real and imagined North American archaeologySolène Mallet Gauthier, University of Alberta, Canada12. The playful skeleton: human remains beyond horror in video gamesHeidi Barten, Angus A. A. Mol, Leiden University, Netherlands and Aris Politopoulos, Leiden University, NetherlandsSpooky sites and uncanny landscapes 13. The ‘Curse’ of PompeiiChristine Downton, University of Leicester, UK14. When archaeological sites become horror: the narrative of Gunung Padang in the Indonesian film ‘Gerbang Neraka’ Hasrianti, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaLaila Abdul Jalil, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaSyahruddin Mansyur, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesiaand Lutfi Yondri, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia15. Occult archaeology, eerie landscapes, and folk encounters with the Ancient in the Aegean IslandsStelios Lekakis, Newcastle University, UK