Egypt
About.com (Review by K. Kris Hirst)
Bernbeck R, and McGuire RH, editors. 2011. Ideologies in Archaeology. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 311 p. in 14 chapters; 99 additional pages of bibliography, contributor biographies and an index. ISBN 978-0-8165-2673-4 (alkaline paper)
- Jaei Volume 3 2011
University of Arizona Publisher: The University of Arizona. The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections (JAEI) is a wholly online scholarly publication integrating Egyptian archaeology with Mediterranean, Near Eastern, and African studies—providing...
- Why Do We Have History And Archaeology?
History Today (Daniel Lord Smail) Why do we have history and archaeology? In the light of our understanding of ‘deep time’ Daniel Lord Smail argues that it is high time that the two disciplines were reunited. Though obscure in other respects, 1936...
- Blogging Archaeology And The Archaeology Of Blogging
Archaeology Magazine William R. Caraher decided to start a blog about his archaeology project in Cyprus. Never having run or visited a blog before, he set out to find out more about it. This entertaining article, in four parts, is his review of the whole...
- Book: Ancient Egypts - Foundations Of A Civilization
www.personed.co.uk The following brief notes do not comprise a review of the above book by Douglas J. Brewer, because I only found it in the Waterstones bookshop around the corner from UCL yesterday, and haven't done more than skim it, so this is...
- Review Of Fletcher's New Book On Nefertiti
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/nefertiti/index.html A really rather damning review of Joann Fletcher’s new book on Nefertiti from Archaeology Magainze. I flipped through it a couple of weeks ago, for about 10 minutes which, while not being...
Egypt
Book Review: Ideologies in Archaeology
About.com (Review by K. Kris Hirst)
Bernbeck R, and McGuire RH, editors. 2011. Ideologies in Archaeology. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 311 p. in 14 chapters; 99 additional pages of bibliography, contributor biographies and an index. ISBN 978-0-8165-2673-4 (alkaline paper)
Ideologies in Archaeology is an incredibly important book, if you want to understand the inherent but understated inner struggle that is part and parcel of studying and writing about the past. The book is an edited collection of articles which describe aspects of a philosophy of archaeology that has been bubbling among some scholars for some time now: arguably since V.G. Childe's day of the 1920s and 30s, when Marxism, with its condemnation of how states control and manipulate the lives of ordinary people first became part of academic discourse.
Overall, Ideologies in Archaeology attacks the notion in two main branches.
- Jaei Volume 3 2011
University of Arizona Publisher: The University of Arizona. The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections (JAEI) is a wholly online scholarly publication integrating Egyptian archaeology with Mediterranean, Near Eastern, and African studies—providing...
- Why Do We Have History And Archaeology?
History Today (Daniel Lord Smail) Why do we have history and archaeology? In the light of our understanding of ‘deep time’ Daniel Lord Smail argues that it is high time that the two disciplines were reunited. Though obscure in other respects, 1936...
- Blogging Archaeology And The Archaeology Of Blogging
Archaeology Magazine William R. Caraher decided to start a blog about his archaeology project in Cyprus. Never having run or visited a blog before, he set out to find out more about it. This entertaining article, in four parts, is his review of the whole...
- Book: Ancient Egypts - Foundations Of A Civilization
www.personed.co.uk The following brief notes do not comprise a review of the above book by Douglas J. Brewer, because I only found it in the Waterstones bookshop around the corner from UCL yesterday, and haven't done more than skim it, so this is...
- Review Of Fletcher's New Book On Nefertiti
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/nefertiti/index.html A really rather damning review of Joann Fletcher’s new book on Nefertiti from Archaeology Magainze. I flipped through it a couple of weeks ago, for about 10 minutes which, while not being...