Histories of Archaeology

• The first Reader in this vibrant new field of research
• Contributions span the entire history of archaeology and are global in perspective
• A comprehensive introduction introduces the discipline and contextualizes the chapters

Readership: Scholars and students of archaeology, especially of the history of archaeology.

Edited by Tim Murray, Professor of Archaeology, La Trobe University, and Christopher Evans, Executive Director, Cambridge Archaeological Unit, University of Cambridge

"This is a fascinating volume... a volume to be read and re-read." - C.R. Wickham-Jones, Antiquity

"...a fascinating volume...to be read, and re-read." - C.R. Wickham-Jones Antiquity

"This is a richly rewarding book..." - Society of Antiquaries of London

1: Tim Murray & Christopher Evans: Introduction: Writing Histories of Archaeology
2: Jacob Gruber: Brixham Cave and the Antiquity of Man
3: David Clarke: Introduction and Polemic
4: Jim Allen: Perspectives of a Sentimental Journey: V. Gordon Childe in Australia 1917-1921
5: Martin Hall: The Burden of Tribalism: The Social Context of Southern African Iron Age Studies
6: Don D. Fowler: Uses of the Past: Archaeology in the Service of the State
7: Bettina Arnold: The Past as Propaganda: Totalitarian Archaeology in Nazi Germany
8: Tim Murray: The History, Philosophy and Sociology of Archaeology: The Case of the Ancient Monuments Protection Act
9: Douglas Givens: The Role of Biography in Writing the History of Archaeology
10: Michael Dietler: 'Our Ancestors the Gauls': Archaeology, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Manipulation of Celtic Identity in Modern Europe
11: Christopher Evans: Archaeology Against the State: Roots of Internationalism
12: Suzanne Marchand: Kultur and the World War
13: Margarita Diaz-Andreu & Marie Louise Sorensen: Excavating Women: Towards an Engendered History of Archaeology
14: Leo Klejn: Gustaf Kossinna (1858-1931)
15: Pedro Paul A. Funari: A History of Archaeology in Brazil
16: Wiktor Stoczkowski: How to Benefit from Received Ideas
17: Bruce Trigger: Historiography
18: Marc-Antoine Kaeser: On the International Roots of Prehistory
19: Alain Schnapp: Between Antiquarians and Archaeologists - Continuities and Ruptures