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A Review of From Antiquarian to Archaeologist: The History and Philosophy of Archaeology

From Antiquarian to Archaeologist brings together fourteen of Tim Murray’s papers on the history, philosophy and sociology of archaeology published over two decades. The volume displays many of the

A Pioneering Experiment: Dialoghi di Archeologia between Marxism and Political Activism

growing middle class, of social modernization and political stagnation. This innovative editorial project, which merged historical and archaeological research with civil protest and political activism, was

Social and Political Factors in Post-Colonial Indian Archaeology: The Case of Sanghol, Punjab

In this paper, I present the case of Sanghol, Punjab, in Indian archaeology to highlight the influence of social and political factors on the interpretation of archaeological data and the ... , I show how geopolitical tensions and the desire for internal political stability influenced archaeological practices in post-colonial India. In the aftermath of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s

When Archaeology Begins: The Cultural and Political Context of Chinese Archaeological Thought

century, believed that it had to destroy Confucianism and come up with a new philosophy. However, with the arrival of many different kinds of western ideas, such as evolution and diffusion, Chinese ... placed Chinese archaeologists in a difficult position ideologically within the political context of a Chinese nationalism based on the idea of progress. Their solution was, in essence, to transpose

Rodolfo Lanciani’s Dismissal

Italian state on issues related to owning, caring for, and displaying the nation’s antiquities. Significant social, economic, and political changes in the decades after the establishment of the new nation ... reveal various personal, social, economic and political pressures on those engaged in the excavations in the city. Academic training programs in the new discipline of archaeology were not yet in

Algo-Trading Strategy for Intraweek Foreign Exchange Speculation Based on Random Forest and Probit Regression

In the Forex market, the price of the currencies increases and decreases rapidly based on many economic and political factors such as commercial balance, the growth index, the inflation rate, and the ... charts to accurately determine when a downturn may occur [60].(iv)Fundamental analyzers: any market trend must be placed in its economic context and vice versa economic and political incidents directly

Towards a Socio-Political History of Archaeology in the Middle East: The Development of Archaeological Practice and Its Impacts on Local Communities in Syria

intellectual, social and political agendas. As well, research undertaken on archaeological practice in non-western settings, that is closely related to colonial issues, has highlighted how archaeology could be a ... , cultural, political and socio-economic domination (e.g. Diaz-Andreu 2007; Kane 2003; Silberman 1989; Trigger 1984). Keywords: community ,   communities ,   politics   How to Cite: Gillot, L

Labouring in the Fields of the Past: Geographic Variation in New Deal Archaeology Across the Lower 48 United States

regional personalities, while other variation depended on local political acceptance of or resistance to New Deal programs. The nature of the archaeological record itself influenced the amount of New Deal ... chronic and high unemployment rates associated with the Great Depression (1929–1941), as well as a host of other economic, political, and social ills (McElvaine 1993; Watkins 1993). The New Deal included a

Iberian Crossroads: Archaeology and Dictatorships

The Iberian political regimes of Portugal and Spain were unable to completely ignore each others' political or cultural agendas. In reality, there was a convergence of interests and intellectual

The First University Positions in Prehistoric Archaeology in New Zealand and Australia

at Victoria University College, initiated by Ernest Beaglehole, a psychologist teaching in mental and moral philosophy. Recognition of the need for Anthropology and Maori Studies in New Zealand dates ... Peter Worsley, Jeremy Beckett, and later, Max Gluckman (Barnes 2008: 282–7). With political changes, the ban was relaxed, as shown by Golson’s subsequent archaeological work in the New Guinea Highlands

Guelphs, Ghibellines and Etruscans: Archaeological Discoveries and Civic Identity in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Tuscany

Etruscans was closely allied to the particular political situation of the city-state of Florence, and that the origins of Etruscan archaeology can be elucidated in the centre of the maelstrom of war, famine ... appropriation of the Etruscan past during the post-Medieval period was not a sudden explosion interest in the past after a long preoccupation with squabbling between the city-states of Tuscany and their political

Comments on a doctoral dissertation by Uta Kresse Raina

professional Germans to immigrate and had exempted them from paying taxes, because the over-riding political philosophy of the Peruvian government was that for the country to succeed in their development ... on larger German political events, and their peripheral influence upon German scholars’ working in Peruvian studies. The discussion is organized employing three time units. The first of these is

Formulation of Complex Action Theory

with complex eigenvalues q and p. Introducing a philosophy of keeping the analyticity in path integration variables, we define a modified set of complex conjugate, real and imaginary parts, hermitian ... . Also, we study the delta function of q say and show that even for a complex parameter q it behaves as the usual delta function if q satisfies the condition (Re(q))2 > (Im(q))2. Based on this philosophy

Domesticating History: The Political Origins ofAmericas House Museums, Patricia West. Washing­ton D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press

context of the respective periods of formation, and the political institu­tions involved. She argues (p. xii) that "house museums are products as well as purveyors of his­ tory", that "house museums are and ... common ancestral homeand shared commonsacred heritage, situated the political activities relating to establishingit within the realm of acceptable women'sdomestic roles. The mythologizing associated with

The History of Archaeology as a ‘Colonial Discourse’

During the greater part of the twentieth century, the history of archaeology promoted an idealized image of archaeological practice in colonized places. Historians usually omitted the political ... colonialism has emerged from within the social sciences: postcolonial studies. This field, which has considerable influence on several disciplines, is consecrated to discussions about the cultural, political

Relations between Spanish Archaeologists and Nazi Germany (1939–1945): A preliminary examination of the influence of Das Ahnenerbe in Spain

Falange (Spain’s fascist political organisation), relations with the Third Reich’s Das Ahnenerbe, a research institute that formed part of the Allgemeine SS commanded by Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler. The ... (Spain's fascist political organisation), relations with the Third Reich's Das Ahnenerbe, a research institute that formed part of the Allgemeine SS commanded by Reichsf?hrer Heinrich Himmler. The first

The Freedom of the Woods: Antiquarian Landscapes and Politics

interpreted, and then how this was used in the interpretation of archaeological finds. In the early nineteenth century some antiquarian texts conspicuously used landscapes to convey political messages. ... excelled at occult sciences, philosophy and mathematics, ??political sciences, law, jurisprudence, rhetoric, and logic originated among the people of the middle regions?? (Ibid. 148). Bodin concluded that

The Forgotten Pioneer: Valerios Stais and his research in Kythera, Antikythera and Thessaly

.2 It should, furthermore, be noted that the difficult political situation of the period, the economic and social problems the new state had to contend with, and the lack of governmental policies ... wanted his son to follow him in his practice so as to create a lineage of doctors (Petrocheilos 1992). However, the year after (1881) Stais enrolled in the Department of Philosophy at the University of

“Wild Worship of a Lost and Buried Past”: Enchanted Archaeologies and the Cult of Kata, 1908–1924

alternative economic, social and political basis for cultural production, opposed to what many saw as the rampant commercialism of mainstream society. The Kataric Circle formed around the home of Charlotte ... Crawford and Lowe Thompson. A suffragette and socialist, Mary Neal took the minutes at the first meeting of the Women’s Social and Political Union. She lived with and was passionately devoted to Emmeline

Amelia Edwards in America – A Quiet Revolution in Archaeological Science

city are gathered here for a much-anticipated event. Among the crowd are some of the most prominent artists, scholars and political figures of the day. The topic of tonight’s talk: ‘The Literature and ... beseeched Edwards to come to America, and this invitation was signed by such leading lights of the American literary, social and political scene as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Francis Parkman, Edwin Booth