Histories of Archaeology: A Reader in the History of Archaeology

496 Pages·2008·3.24 MB·English

by  Tim Murray

HISTORIES OF ARCHAEOLOGY
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HISTORIES OF
ARCHAEOLOGY
A Reader in the History of Archaeology
Edited by
TIM MURRAY AND CHRISTOPHER EVANS
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1. Archaeology–Historiography.2. Archaeology–History.3. Archaeologyandhistory.
4. Archaeology–Socialaspects.5. Archaeology–Politicalaspects.I. Murray,Tim,1955–
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To the memory of Bruce Trigger (1937–2006)
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Contents
ListofIllustrations ix
1. Introduction 1
2. JacobW.Gruber:BrixhamCaveandtheAntiquityof
Man(1965) 13
3. DavidClarke:IntroductionandPolemic(1968) 46
4. JimAllen:PerspectivesofaSentimentalJourney:
V.GordonChildeinAustralia1917–1921(1981) 58
5. MartinHall:TheBurdenofTribalism:TheSocial
ContextofSouthernAfricanIronAgeStudies(1984) 72
6. DonD.Fowler:UsesofthePast:Archaeology inthe
ServiceoftheState(1987) 93
7. BettinaArnold:ThePastasPropaganda:Totalitarian
Archaeology inNaziGermany(1990) 120
8. TimMurray:TheHistory,Philosophy,andSociology
ofArchaeology:TheCaseoftheAncientMonuments
ProtectionAct(1882)(1990) 145
9. DouglasR.Givens:TheRoleofBiography inWriting
theHistoryofArchaeology(1992) 177
10. MichaelDietler:‘OurAncestorstheGauls’:Archaeology,
EthnicNationalism,andtheManipulationofCeltic
Identity inModernEurope(1994) 194
11. ChristopherEvans:ArchaeologyagainsttheState:
RootsofInternationalism(1995) 222
12. SuzanneL.Marchand:KulturandtheWorldWar(1996) 238
13. MargaritaD´ıaz-AndreuandMarieLouiseStigSørensen:
ExcavatingWomen:TowardsanEngendered
HistoryofArchaeology(1998) 279
14. LeoKlejn:GustafKossinna(1858–1931)(2001) 312
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15. PedroPauloA.Funari:AHistoryofArchaeology in
Brazil(2001). 328
16. WiktorStoczkowski:How toBeneWtfrom
ReceivedIdeas(2001) 346
17. BruceTrigger:Historiography(2001) 360
18. Marc-AntoineKaeser:OntheInternationalRoots
ofPrehistory(2002) 378
19. AlainSchnapp:BetweenAntiquariansand
Archaeologists—ContinuitiesandRuptures(2002) 392
OriginalPublicationDetails 406
References 408
Index 463
List of Illustrations
1.1 Darwin’s‘TreeofEvolution’fromTheOriginofSpecies
of1859;Kroeber’s‘TreeofLife’and‘TreeofKnowledge’. 2
7.1 GustavKossinna. 122
7.2 Adistributionof‘Germanic’territoryduringthe
BronzeAge. 123
7.3 TitlepageofthejournalDieKunde(1936). 130
7.4 EtchingofExternsteinenearHorn,from
KreisLippe1748. 132
7.5 Exampleof‘Germanenkitsch’advertisementfrom
thejournalGermanenerbe(1936). 133
7.6 Bronze-Age‘Germans’. 138
10.1 BronzestatueofVercingetorixbyMillet(1865). 204
10.2 BronzestatueofVercingetorixbyBartholdi(1870). 206
10.3 Paintingofa‘GallicchiefneartheRocheSalve´eof
Beuvrayinspectingthehorizon’,byJulesDidier(1895). 220
12.1 TheKaiser’sdigatCorfu,c.1911.Wilhelmis
picturedcentre. 257
12.2 TheodorWiegandonpatrolwiththeGerman-Turkish
MonumentProtectionCommando,c.1917. 267
13.1 JohannaMestorf. 294
13.2 ConferenceparticipantsattheWrstmeetingofthe
InternationalCongressofPrehistoricSciencesin1932. 301
18.1 EdouardDesor(1811–82),theinitiatorofthe
InternationalCongressofPrehistory. 386
18.2 LetterfromGabrieldeMortillettoEdouard
Desor,22June1865. 389
18.3 ParticipantsoftheWfthmeetingoftheInternational
CongressofPrehistoryinBologna(1871). 390
19.1 ‘Greek’Menuforthe12thdeMortilletDinner
(9February1901).Classicalmotifs:statue,Athena’sowl,
andared-on-blacknymph-chasingscene. 393