The Oxford Handbook of the History of Archaeology offers comprehensive perspectives on the origins and developments of the discipline of archaeology and the direction of future advances in the field. Written by thirty-six archaeologists, historians, and historians of science from all over the world, it covers a wide range of themes, including major debates, scientific techniques, and archaeological fieldwork practices. Chapters in this handbook also discuss the effect of institutional contexts on the development of archaeology, including legislative parameters and the nature of the work that takes place in museums, universities, and the management of archaeology. Other themes include the cultural and political backdrop that has affected archaeological research, from religion to nationalism and colonialism, and the social history of archaeology, with a focus on women, amateur archaeology, economics, and tourism.
List of contributors 1. Introduction: Towards a multifaceted history of archaeology Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Laura Coltofean-Arizancu PART I. METHODOLOGY AND THEORY 2. Writing the history of archaeology: a historical overview Margarita Díaz-Andreu 3. Archives, oral history, and the histories of archaeology Ola Wolfhechel Jensen 4. Photo Archives and the History of Archaeology Lucila Mallart 5. Biographical research in the history of archaeology Laura Coltofean 6. ""Genius"", ""Precursors"", and ""Great (White) Men"" in the history of archaeology Oscar Moro Abadía and Emma Lewis-Sing PART II. ARCHAEOLOGY AND ITS PRACTICES 7. From Deep Holes to the Bigger Picture. A History of Methods in Archaeological Excavation Gisela Eberhardt 8. Stratigraphy in the history of archaeology Massimo Tarantini 9. Epistemic practices and blurred boundaries: human remains in the history of archaeology Nélia Dias 10. A history of interdisciplinarity in archaeology: the three science revolutions, their implementation and impact Kristian Kristiansen 11. A history of archaeology and the hard sciences Géraldine Delley PART III. OBJECTS, NETWORKS, AND MUSEUMS 12. Collecting Antiquities in the Nineteenth Century Miruna Achim 13. Museums of archaeology, museums with archaeology Ana Cristina Martins 14. Objects in transit: on the theory and practices of archaeological collecting Fedra A. Pizzato 15. Artefact Distribution: Networks in the History of Archaeology Alice Stevenson 16. Fakes in the history of archaeology Irina Podgorny PART IV. DIVERSE ARCHAEOLOGIES 17. The History of gender archaeology Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Rachel Pope 18 A history of historical archaeology Charles E. Orser, Jr. 19. The history of conflict archaeology Sophie M. McMillan and Tony Pollard 20. The history of public archaeology Gabriel Moshenska 21. The history of commercial archaeology: the United Kingdom and the United States Kenneth Aitchison 22. The history of commercial archaeology: Europe and beyond Kenneth Aitchison PART V. INSTITUTIONS AND LEGISLATION 23. Foreign schools in the Mediterranean in historical perspective Frederick Whitling 24. International congresses in the history of archaeology Ulrike Sommer 25. The origins and growth of archaeology and education Mike Corbishley 26. ""Governed by legislation"": what laws do to archaeology John Carman 27. A history of the legal battle against illicit trade in antiquities Francesca de Tomasi PART VI. IDEOLOGIES AND THE POLITICAL CONTEXT OF ARCHAEOLOGY 28. Sacred archaeology in the nineteenth and twentieth century Bonnie Effros 29. Archaeology, nationalism, imperialism, colonialism and the post-colonial turn Margarita Díaz-Andreu 30. Archaeology and Orientalism Suzanne Marchand 31. Race, racialism and racism in European archaeology, 1800--1960 Fabian Link 32. The political ecology of archaeology under communism Ludomir R. Lozny PART VII. ARCHAEOLOGY AND SOCIETY 33. From stunning solitaires to creative clusters: women from antiquarianism to archaeology Elisabeth Arwill-Nordbladh 34. Amateur archaeology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Nathalie Richard 35. Violence, armies, and archaeological research from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century Francisco Gracia Alonso 36. Archaeology as leisure: a history of archaeological tourism Margarita Díaz-Andreu 37. The history of the influence of free market economics on archaeology Peter Colin Tomlinson Chapter 38 Community approaches to archaeology, heritage and museums: a historical perspective Veysel Apaydin Index
Margarita Díaz-Andreu works for the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies as an ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona. Her previous books include A World History of Nineteenth-Century Archaeology: Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Past and A History of Archaeological Tourism: Pursuing Leisure and Knowledge from the Eighteenth Century to World War II. Laura Coltofean is an archaeologist and historian specializing in the history of archaeology. She is a member of Research Cluster 5: History of Archaeology at the German Archaeological Institute. Her edited volumes include Interdisciplinarity and Archaeology: Scientific Interactions in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Archaeology (with Margarita Díaz-Andreu).
