Díaz-Andreu, M. (2007)
A World History of Nineteenth-Century Archaeology. Nationalism, Colonialism and the Past.
Oxford: Oxford University Press
Contents
Preface vii
Chapter 1 An alternative account of the history of archaeology in the nineteenth century 1
Part I. The Early Archaeology of the Great Civilisations.
Chapter 2 Antiquities and political prestige in the early modern era. 29
Chapter 3 The archaeology of the French revolution 60
Chapter 4 Archaeology and the 1820 liberal revolution: the past in the independence of the Greek and the Latin American nations. 79
Part II. The Archaeology of Informal imperialism.
Chapter 5 Informal imperialism in Europe and the Ottoman Empire: the consolidation of the mythical roots of the West. 99
Chapter 6 Biblical archaeology. 131
Chapter 7 Informal imperialism beyond Europe: the archaeology of the Great Civilisations in Latin America, China and Japan. 167
Part III. Colonial Archaeology.
Chapter 8 Colonialism and archaeology in South and South East Asia. 209
Chapter 9 Classical versus Islamic antiquities in colonial archaeology: the Russian Empire and French North Africa. 245
Chapter 10 Colonialism and the archaeology of the primitive. 278
Part IV. National archaeology in Europe.
Chapter 11 The early search for a national past in Europe (1789-1820). 317
Chapter 12 Archaeology and the liberal revolutions (c. 1820-1860): nation, race and language in the study of Europe’s past. 338
Chapter 13 Evolutionism and positivism (c. 1860-1900). 368
Chapter 14
Conclusions.
398
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"Margarita Díaz-Andreu offers a comprehensive history of global archaeology during the nineteenth century. She argues that archaeology’s emergence as a professional discipline was connected to the appearance of nationalism as a political ideology in Europe, and suggests that imperialism and colonialism were crucial for the development of archaeology beyond Europe, especially in areas under the direct control of the imperial powers. Díaz-Andreu explores a wide range of topics, from human origins to the medieval period, and from antiquities found in China, South Africa, and Europe, to those of America and the Pacific. Archaeology was institutionalised in the learned society, the museum, the university, heritage administration and legislation, but before institutionalization – and while it was in progress – there were individuals who earned their living elsewhere whose concern for antiquities was driven by the belief that their research assisted the advancement of their nation and/or their empire. These individuals saw their potlical role as part of their responsibility. They, together with professional archaeologists, produced authorized versions of the past, which in time crystallzsed as public memory. However, this does not mean that there was a single, agreed account, for the past constituted an arena of negotiation. Moreover, nineteenth-century archaeologists’ views were a process in continuous flux throughout their lives and this helps to explain changes in archaeological thought and practice. Díaz-Andreu tellingly assesses the effect upon archaeology of such issues as racism, religion, hegemony, and resistance. "
Source: Oxford University Press
"Margarita Díaz-Andreu offers a comprehensive history of global archaeology during the nineteenth century. She argues that archaeology’s emergence as a professional discipline was connected to the appearance of nationalism as a political ideology in Europe, and suggests that imperialism and colonialism were crucial for the development of archaeology beyond Europe, especially in areas under the direct control of the imperial powers. Díaz-Andreu explores a wide range of topics, from human origins to the medieval period, and from antiquities found in China, South Africa, and Europe, to those of America and the Pacific. Archaeology was institutionalised in the learned society, the museum, the university, heritage administration and legislation, but before institutionalization – and while it was in progress – there were individuals who earned their living elsewhere whose concern for antiquities was driven by the belief that their research assisted the advancement of their nation and/or their empire. These individuals saw their potlical role as part of their responsibility. They, together with professional archaeologists, produced authorized versions of the past, which in time crystallzsed as public memory. However, this does not mean that there was a single, agreed account, for the past constituted an arena of negotiation. Moreover, nineteenth-century archaeologists’ views were a process in continuous flux throughout their lives and this helps to explain changes in archaeological thought and practice. Díaz-Andreu tellingly assesses the effect upon archaeology of such issues as racism, religion, hegemony, and resistance. "
Source: Oxford University Press
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