Trends in Archive Archaeology
Current Research on Archival Material from Fieldwork and its Implications for Archaeological Practice
Edited by Jon Frey Edited by Rubina Raja
Archive archaeology has, in recent years, become increasingly acknowledged as an important component of archaeological research. However, the vast amounts of empirical data contained in such archives – among them fieldwork diaries, working notebooks, finds sheets, and photographs – together with a sense that the field is often skewed towards ‘one’s own data’, have made it difficult to develop a clear methodological approach that fits all eventualities. The result is that archive archaeology is still not always recognized for what it can bring to the discipline of archaeology, as a field of study that focuses on the contexts within which humanity developed. This volume draws together contributions from scholars who work with archives in a variety of capacities: as fieldwork directors of decades-long excavations; as archivists interested in the history of collections; as specialists focusing on certain object groups or regions; and as researchers broadly interested in what archival material brings to the table in terms of new knowledge about archaeological situations. In showcasing contributions of work in progress, the chapters published here bring to the fore knowledge about archives that has long been overlooked, and examines how archival archaeology should be shaped in the future so that it can become more firmly integrated within archaeological practice.
- Edited by Jon Frey
- Edited by Rubina Raja
Other Titles in this Series
Shifting Horizons
Observations from a Ride Through the Syrian Desert and Asia Minor: A Translation of Johannes Elith Ostrup's 'Skiftende horizonter'
Volume 1
Archival Historiographies
The Impact of Twentieth-Century Legacy Data on Archaeological Investigations
Volume 3
Shaping Archaeological Archives
Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives
Volume 4
Similar Books
Medieval Yeghegis, Armenia
History, Archaeology, Society. Local Multiplicities and Global Connections of a Rural Centre on the Silk Road(s)
Was ist ‚La Hoguette‘ – Kultur, Phänomen, Subkultur?
Archäologische Studien und portable, energiedispersive Röntgenfluoreszenzanalysen (p-ED-RFA an Keramik zu einer altbekannten Frage
Volume 183
Assyria and the West
A Fresh Look at the Unshakeable Pillars of Late Bronze and Iron Age Chronology in the Eastern Mediterranean World
But the Wise Shall Understand
Reuse of Prophecies, Chronotope, and Merging of Eschatological Horizons in Daniel 10-12
Groundbreaking Technologies in the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant
8igh Resolution and Multi-scale Functional Analysis of Ground Stone Tools
Volume 3
It All Began with Stratigraphy and Chronology
Archaeology in Central Anatolia. Festschrift Dedicated to Sachihiro Omura on his 77th Birthday
Oil Lamps in the Holy Land during the Early and Later Islamic Periods (7th–16th/17th CE)
The Collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority
Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Copenhagen, 22–26 May 2023. Volume 2: Field and Lab Reports
