Archives, Ancestors, Practices

Nathan Schlanger, now at INRAP, Paris, coordinates the AREA project (Archives of European Archaeology). He has published on prehistoric archaeology, on the technological contributions of Mauss and Leroi-Gourhan, and on the history of archaeology in colonial (African) contexts.

“The twenty-five papers from this volume mark an important landmark of the European-funded AREA (Archives of European Archaeology) project…A particularly interesting section is the exploration of the visuality of archaeology, moving between displays, photography, and draughtsmanship and including at least one paper outside the formal section in visualization, on the practice of the use of models.”  ·  JRAI“This tightly organized volume represents a mastery of diverse data…The sheer breadth, depth and richness of the contributions make this reviewer wish that she had attended the conference. It is a model contribution to discussion of the current state of archeology…The work is a classic of its kind.”  ·  American Journal of Archeology“…this important volume succeeds in getting some key messages across: that the history of archaeology today needs to leave behind paradigms which rely on a unilinear story of progressive development…{there is a] rich body of information and insights to be found in this... worthwhile and multifaceted book.”  ·  Antiquity

• List of FiguresList of PlatesList of ContributorsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Archaeology in the Light of its HistoriesNathan Schlanger and Jarl NordbladhPART I : SOURCES AND METHODS FOR THE HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGYChapter 1. Biography as Microhistory: The Relevance of Private Archives for Writing the History of ArchaeologyMarc-Antoine KaeserChapter 2. From Distant Shores: Nineteenth-Century Dutch Archaeology in European PerspectiveRuurd B. HalbertsmaChapter 3. The Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition, 1886–1889: Model of Inquiry for the History of ArchaeologyCurtis M. Hinsley and David R. WilcoxChapter 4. The Phenomenon of Pre-Soviet Archaeology. Archival Studies in the History of Russian Archaeology – Methods and ResultsNadezhda I. PlatonovaChapter 5. Prehistoric Archaeology in the 'Parliament of Science', 1845–1900Tim MurrayPART II : ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICEChapter 6. Wilamowitz and Stratigraphy in 1873: A Case Study in the History of Archaeology’s 'Great Divide'Giovanna CeseraniChapter 7. Methodological Reflections on the History of Excavation TechniquesGisela EberhardtChapter 8. 'More than a Village'. On the Medieval Countryside as an Archaeological Field of StudyEmma BentzChapter 9. Amateurs and Professionals in Nineteenth-Century Archaeology. The Case of the Oxford 'Antiquarian and Grocer' H.M.J. Underhill (1855–1920)Megan PriceChapter 10. Revisiting the 'Invisible College': José Ramón Mélida in Early Twentieth-Century SpainMargarita Díaz-AndreuChapter 11. Between Sweden and Central Asia. Practising Archaeology in the 1920s and 1930sJan BergmanChapter 12. Model Excavations: ‘Performance’ and the Three-Dimensional Display of KnowledgeChristopher EvansPART III : VISUALISING ARCHAEOLOGYChapter 13. The Impossible Museum: Exhibitions of Archaeology as Reflections of Contemporary IdeologiesMarcello BarbaneraChapter 14. Towards a More 'Scientific' Archaeological Tool: The Accurate Drawing of Greek Vases between the End of the Nineteenth- and the First Half of the Twentieth-CenturiesChristine WalterChapter 15. European Images of the Ancient Near East at the Beginnings of the Twentieth-CenturyMaria Gabriella MicaleChapter 16. Weaving Images. Juan Cabré and Spanish Archaeology in the First Half of the Twentieth-CenturySusana González ReyeroChapter 17. Frozen in Time: Photography and the Beginnings of Modern Archaeology in the NetherlandsLeo VerhartPART IV : QUESTIONS OF IDENTITYChapter 18. Choosing Ancestors: The Mechanisms of Ethnic A scription in the Age of Patriotic Antiquarianism (1815–1850)Ulrike SommerChapter 19. Archaeology, Politics and Identity. The Case of the Canary Islands in the Nineteenth-CenturyJosé Farrujia de la RosaChapter 20. The Wagner Brothers: French Archaeologists and Origin Myths in Early Twentieth-Century ArgentinaAna Teresa Martínez, Constanza Taboada and Luis Alejandro AuatChapter 21. Language, Nationalism and the Identity of the Archaeologists: The Case of Juhani Rinne’s Professorship in the 1920sVisa Immonen and Jussi-Pekka TaavitsainenChapter 22. Protohistory at the Portuguese Association of Archaeologists: A Question of National Identity?Ana Cristina MartinsChapter 23. Making Spain Hispanic. Gómez-Moreno and Iberian ArchaeologyJuan P. Bellón, Arturo Ruiz and Alberto SánchezChapter 24. Virchow and Kossinna. From the Science-Based Anthropology of Humankind to the Culture-Historical Archaeology of PeoplesSebastian BratherChapter 25. Dutch Archaeology and National SocialismMartijn EickhoffIndex