文档介绍：Archaeology
Under Fire
Archaeology Under Fire is a ground-breaking collection which addresses the Middle
East and Eastern Mediterranean as one of the most politically-charged regions in
which archaeology is implicated. Historically, this area played a formative role in
the emergence of archaeology as a discipline. However, until now, study of the
sociopolitical implications of archaeology has focused on Western Europe rather
than the region explored here, where the materiality and practice of archaeology
is inextricably linked to the political and cultural realities faced by their respective
peoples.
Leading academics present chapters on Cyprus, Greece, the former Yugoslavia, of
archaeology in current political issues, from ethnic cleansing in the Balkans to the
division of Cyprus. Globalism, postcolonialism and the positive role of the past as
a means of reconciliation are some of the themes explored in this volume. The
contributors interweave theory and practice and demonstrate how this area of the
world can provide a relevant model for understanding archaeological praxis.
Archaeology Under Fire will be essential reading for archaeology students and
professionals and all those interested in the impact of the past on current political
debate.
Lynn Meskell is Research Fellow at New College, Oxford. She has written
extensively on Egyptian and Mediterranean archaeologies and the application of
feminist theory and sociopolitics to archaeology. feminist theory and sociopolitics
to archaeology.
Archaeology
Under Fire
Nationalism, politics
and heritage in the
Eastern Mediterranean
and Middle East
Edited by
Lynn Meskell
London and New York
First published 1998 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
by Routledge A catalogue record for this book is available
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE from the British Library
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis Library of Congress Ca