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Francis Buckley was extraordinary; an officer responsible for arming grenades, excavating trenches, surveying, sketch-mapping, and military intelligence, his actions were a roll-call of the First World War's bloodiest battles. The psychological toll was significant. War remade the man and created the archaeologist. Under fire, Buckley recorded prehistoric lithics on the Somme, a rich archaeological landscape, and a deadly battlefield. After the war, "tramping" the Yorkshire moors, Buckley applied military skills to excavate and record a key, but still understudied lithic collection. This paper explores Francis Buckley's war, its implications for the history of archaeological thought, and reasserts his under-acknowledged legacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the historical processes that shaped the development of archaeological practice in Angola during the Portuguese colonial period and the aftermath of political independence. Using published works, unpublished reports, and photographic records, we examine the research themes, actors, scholars, and institutions that influenced archaeological research in the country. We also used documents and museum collections in Angola and Portugal to create a GIS database of Angola's archaeological findings. This study highlights the events, personalities, and priorities that motivated earlier investigations, and the geographical distribution of prehistoric sites. We hope this study will be a resource for guiding future archaeological research in Angola. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Desde hace unos 25 años, en Argentina comenzó el desarrollo de un nuevo campo de investigación arqueológica centrado en los espacios que sucesivamente funcionaron como fronteras interétnicas y/o territorios rurales en la región pampeana, el norte de Patagonia y sus inmediaciones, desde la colonia hasta la consolidación del estado-nación, a fines del siglo diecinueve. Este campo de estudio, en sentido amplio "arqueología de los espacios fronterizos y rurales", se encuentra consolidado dentro de la arqueología histórica argentina mediante un número creciente de proyectos y el trabajo sistemático de distintos equipos que, desde diferentes perspectivas teórico-metodológicas, han recorrido múltiples caminos. Aquí se efectúa un análisis crítico sobre el desarrollo, el estado actual y las perspectivas de dicha especialidad, centrado en dos ejes: (1) su surgimiento y evolución y (2) el perfil y la inserción de los equipos de investigación. Ambos ejes muestran su gran dinamismo que se refleja en la diversificación sostenida de los temas, espacios y períodos abordados. El análisis pone en diálogo este nuevo campo, uno de los rasgos más destacados de la arqueología argentina en las últimas décadas, tanto con las coyunturas académico-institucionales y los contextos históricos locales como con el ámbito mayor de la arqueología histórica sudamericana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with Georg ‚Gogo' Müller-Kuales (1905–1945), who was assistant professor at the newly established institute for prehistoric archaeology and Germanic archaeology at Hamburg University until his death in 1945. As research on the history of prehistoric archaeology in Germany has dealt with many different topics as well as biographies and careers of important archaeologists in the Third Reich it seems worthwhile, to investigate the scientific youth as well. This approach allows to draw a more complete picture of prehistoric archaeology in national socialist Germany and can therefor contribute to a better understanding of the history of prehistoric archaeology. Based on archival sources and publications by Georg Müller-Kuales this paper investigates his biography, his way of performing archaeology, his tasks at the institute, his research his political background, his work abroad in the context of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and therefor tries to generate an overall picture of a young scholar in the Third Reich. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Paleoparasitology is a discipline of bioarchaeology that studies human and animal parasites and their evolution through time. It is at the frontier between biological sciences and the humanities, and aims to provide valuable clues about the lifestyles of former populations. Through examples chosen among recent case studies, we show in this review how paleoparasitology contributes to issues related to food, health, hygiene, organic waste management, and site occupation by ancient populations, but also, in the longer term, to questions of the evolution of the human/animal relationship and the history of diseases. This article provides an overview of this research field, its history, its concepts, and in particular, its applications in archaeology and the history of diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pleasant, quiet archaeological site of Olympia appears a far cry from the fame of the ancient Olympic Games, or from the spectacle of the modern variety. In this article, I discuss the end of ancient Olympia and the gradual re-emergence of the archaeological site. After Olympia was abandoned in early Byzantine times, its location was no longer remembered. However, its fame remained, partly through translations of ancient texts, notably Pausanias, partly through the revival of the Olympic Games in the 19th century. Early modern travelers and the French scholars who worked at the site as part of the Expedition de la Morée hoped that the site could fulfill their high expectations, in particular with regards to ancient sculpture. As the excavations continued, since 1875 as part of the research program of the German Archaeological Institute, the buried remains have revealed a different material reality. As a result of the combination of continuous research and restoration up until the present day the site of Olympia now provides an independent view on the past. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Whilst Rooke clearly was a provincial man, influenced by his locality and isolated in many ways from the large popular membership societies of the period, Rooke did not see himself this way. The Landscape Studies of Hayman Rooke (1723-1806): Antiquarianism, Archaeology and Natural History in the Eighteenth Century Emily Sloan's I The Landscape Studies of Hayman Rooke (1723-1806): Antiquarianism, Archaeology and Natural History in the Eighteenth Century i offers much more than a biographical account of an understudied figure in the eighteenth century. [Extracted from the article]

Some archive investigations allow new clarification on data concerning two semilunar fibulae of Feugère 24d1 type from Poiana (Galaţi county). One of the fibulae was discovered probably in 1927 under uncertain circumstances. The other fibula comes from the archaeological excavations led by Radu Vulpe in 1950. By an error in later literature, the discovery data of the latter was attributed to the first of the fibulae. The „ interwar” fibula is preserved today in the Tecuci Musuem. The second fibula is now lost, but its features can be recognized in a photograph kept in the archive of the “ Vasile Pârvan” Institute of Archaeology, in Bucharest.

Problems related to the standardization and communication of archaeological information were addressed long before the “digital era”. From 1972 to 1987, they interested the authors of the Dialektikê journal. This paper presents the technical choices made for the online diffusion of this journal. Its rediscovery contributes to the recent history of archaeology, about the relationship between French and English-speaking approaches, and about the relationship between scientific and political practices.

The purpose of this article is to provide the historical and theoretical framework of Latin American archaeology to contextualize the essays included in this volume. It is argued that recent changes in this discipline arise as part of a self-evaluation of archaeologists in relation to the colonialist origin of this science. Methodology: The article begins with a brief discussion of the most recent significant changes that have established new standards in the discipline, created by the archaeologist’s obligation to confront two realities. The first is the above-mentioned colonialist origin of archaeology, especially when considering the total absence of the indigenous story in our reconstructions of their ancestors. The second is the advance of capitalism and economic development, accompanied by political interests that include, among other things, the use of archaeological sites and artifacts for tourism or the recording of their destruction as a prelude to industrial infrastructure or extractive projects. It presents a brief account of the discipline in the region, from the eighteenth century to the nationalist movements and the present, which also poses the challenge of building alternative narratives to those proposed by the hegemonic axis of the traditional sciences and, above all, to recognize and include the silenced voices of the past. Conclusions: The text ends by presenting the articles in this issue and briefly contextualizing them within this new perspective on Latin American archaeology, concluding that, in recent decades, Latin American archaeology has taken new directions as a result of our reflection on its colonial past. Originality: In particular, this postcolonial archaeology, as some call it, challenges us to develop alternative perspectives, methods and interpretations that are more inclusive and encompassing as well as realistic. The contextualization of the colonial problem within the social, historical, economic and political conditions of the region is key to an understanding of this emerging archaeology and to motivating national and international dialogue between archaeologists and heritage stakeholders to promote a more fair and inclusive archaeology.

This special issue gathers together a selection of short articles reflecting on the historical construction of inequality and race in the histories of archaeology. The articles also suggest ways in which the discipline might grapple with the--often obvious, sometimes subtle--consequences of that historical process. Solicited via an open call for papers in the summer of 2020 (one made with the aim of speedy publication), the breadth of the topics discussed in the articles reflect how inequality and race have become more prominent research themes within the histories of archaeology in the previous five-to-ten years. At the same time, the pieces show how research can--and should--be connected to attempts to promote social justice and an end to racial discrimination within archaeological practice, the archaeological profession, and the wider worlds with which the discipline interacts. Published at a time when a pandemic has not only swept the world, but also exposed such inequalities further, the special issue represents a positive intervention in what continues to be a contentious issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We propose a dedicated research effort on the determinants of settlement persistence in the ancient world, with the potential to significantly advance the scientific understanding of urban sustainability today. Settlements (cities, towns, villages) are locations with two key attributes: They frame human interactions and activities in space, and they are where people dwell or live. Sustainability, in this case, focuses on the capacity of structures and functions of a settlement system (geography, demography, institutions) to provide for continuity of safe habitation. The 7,000-y-old experience of urbanism, as revealed by archaeology and history, includes many instances of settlements and settlement systems enduring, adapting to, or generating environmental, institutional, and technological changes. The field of urban sustainability lacks a firm scientific foundation for understanding the long dure' e, relying instead on narratives of collapse informed by limited case studies. We argue for the development of a new interdisciplinary research effort to establish scientific understanding of settlement and settlement system persistence. Such an effort would build upon the many fields that study human settlements to develop new theories and databases from the extensive documentation of ancient and premodern urban systems. A scientific foundation will generate novel insights to advance the field of urban sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Graph photo: Randal Ford George Bass, one of the pioneers of modern maritime archaeology, passed away in College Station, Texas in March, 2021 at the age of 88. Many of the chapters in INA monographs began as student papers and theses, and Bass raised the funding to create a publication series for student work. Bass concentrated instead on publishing the earlier excavations (a final report on the 7th-century wreck at Yassiada had already come out in 1982), and on development work to put INA on a sound footing for the future. During the American bicentennial, Bass directed an excavation on one of the British shipwrecks at Yorktown and Steffy managed a season of excavation on an American privateer, the I Defence i . [Extracted from the article]

The Interreg DTP project "Living Danube Limes" aims to establish a stepping stone and sound foundation for the creation of a cultural route spanning the whole Danube area. The project identifies the Roman heritage in the Danube Region as unifying, common historical and cultural heritage. Four tiers compose the holistic approach to valorising the Roman heritage along the Danube: archaeology and history, museums and sites, preservation and sustainable tourism solutions, and raising public awareness on the importance of the Roman heritage; the latter is achieved by an authentic reconstruction of a Roman Danube ship. Az Európai Unió Interreg Dunai Transznacionális Programja keretében megvalósuló „Elő Dunai Limes", vagyis „Living Danube Limes" elnevezésű projekt célja, hogy egy kezdő lépcsőfokot, egyúttal szilárd alapot biztosítson egy, a Duna teljes vonalán végighúzódó kulturális útvonal létrehozásához. A projekt a Dunai Régió római kori örökségét egységesítő, közös történeti és kulturális értékként azonosítja. Négy szint alkotja a Duna menti római örökség értékelésének holisztikus megközelítését: régészet és történelem, múzeumok és helyszínek, megőrzés és fenntartható turisztikai megoldások, valamint a római örökség fontosságának tudatosítása a lakosságban. Ez utóbbi célt segíti elő egy római dunai hajó hiteles rekonstruálása. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses how the changes in Slovenian politics have been influencing the interpretation of identity in the sphere of Roman mortuary archaeology. The paper starts with an overview of the political history of Slovenia, separated into three phases: the period until 1945, the Yugoslav period (1945–1990), and independent Slovenia (1991–present). The second part of the paper focusses on theoretical studies directly discussing identity of the deceased in Roman period Slovenia. The majority of such studies is centred on the material from larger cemeteries, notably those of Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovio (modern Ptuj) and Colonia Iulia Emona (modern Ljubljana), of which the latter is better documented and researched. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential for future studies.

This research note aims to draw attention to a little-studied aspect in the history of archaeology: the relationship between university training and international students. The article provides a brief background to the social and political context of international student recruitment in the UK (principally, but not exclusively, from the Commonwealth) before turning to the status of museum training courses in the Institute in the 1950s, which, it is argued, was a key concern for students coming from abroad. Six of these students are then briefly introduced: Richard Nunoo (Ghana), Justus Dojuma Akeredólu (Nigeria), Mom Chao Subhadradis Diskul (Thailand), Syed Ashfaq Naqvi (Pakistan), Braj Basi Lal (India) and Bijan Bihari Lal (India).

This paper aims to problematize the issue of reuse and reoccupation of architectures and building materials in the Near East. So far, the vast majority of research and published work dealing with this topic (not only in the field of Islamic Archaeology and Art History) have focused on the monumental complexes of urban centres. In this framework, the concept of spolia has been at the centre of a long and still heated transdisciplinary debate. Vernacular architecture and rural contexts have, for the most part, been neglected. Frequent episodes of reoccupation of earlier structures, even if thoroughly described in archaeological reports are almost automatically branded as the result of pragmatic behaviour of local communities benefitting from the availability of abundant building materials from ruined structures. However, the vast number of ways in which reuse and reoccupation might have occurred is often overlooked. Even conceding that most of the evidence is likely due to some form or other of "pragmatism," the different ways in which these appear need to be more fully explained and interpreted. This paper, which builds on existing scholarship of reuse and reoccupation, argues for a rethinking of the methodology. Other experiences, most notably those investigating the late Antique and early Medieval western Mediterranean, provide a useful point of reference for where to start the discussion. This paper will demonstrate how extending the perspective from the single building to the broader context, including the surrounding landscape, is ultimately the only way to fully comprehend the archaeological evidence and possibly better understand and explain the different "fates" of architectures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The two Early Roman ribbed bowls discussed in the present paper are part of the collections of the Museum of National History and Archaeology Constanţa (MINAC). Although both of them were previously published and subsequently mentioned in the archaeological literature in various occasions, the advances made in the research of this category of glass vessels since their first publication, from various perspectives, and the increasing number of finds all over the Roman world, make in our opinion quite useful a reassessment of these old finds from Tomis (present day Constanţa, Constanţa county, Romania). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After a heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, probability sampling became much less visible in archaeological literature as it came under assault from the post-processual critique and the widespread adoption of “full-coverage survey.” After 1990, published discussion of probability sampling rarely strayed from sample-size issues in analyses of artifacts along with plant and animal remains, and most textbooks and archaeological training limited sampling to regional survey and did little to equip new generations of archaeologists with this critical aspect of research design. A review of the last 20 years of archaeological literature indicates a need for deeper and broader archaeological training in sampling; more precise usage of terms such as “sample”; use of randomization as a control in experimental design; and more attention to cluster sampling, stratified sampling, and nonspatial sampling in both training and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is focused on the particularities of media coverage of topics related to archaeology ad history in the daily press. The author examines journalists’ texts related to archaeology, where the latter is taken in the broad sense of the word – as a discipline that studies the past by investigating and analyzing various artifacts, historical documents and archaeological sites. The author’s study is focused on trends of tabloidization in the media, and on the use of the past as a capital and instrument for exciting national self-esteem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mary Eliza Rogers travelled in Palestine in the 1850s, approximately a decade before the birth of biblical archaeology. Her volume ‘Domestic Life in Palestine’ has been utilised as a primary source for ethnography but never as a source for the history of archaeology. This is in large part because ruins and other ancient remains were not Rogers’ main concern, and she only recorded them incidentally. This paper collects all her mentions of antiquities and ancient remains, which, as a whole, demonstrate the state of knowledge about archaeology in Palestine prior to the advent of systematic excavations. Rogers’ text also gives evidence of how the local residents of Palestine interacted with the antiquities in their land. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article is the second part of a study focusing on Muhammad Khaznadar's role in the history of archaeology in nineteenth-century Tunisia. Whereas part I traced the meteoric rise of Muhammad Khaznadar as a Tunisian cultural figure, the second part of this inquiry examines Khaznadar's fall from power and the end of his monopoly over the country's antiquities. Following the dismissal of his father, Mustafa Khaznadar, as grand vizier in 1873, Muhammad's artifacts were seized by the bey. The Khaznadar collection then attracted the attention of the new grand vizier, Khayr al-Din (1873–78). Influenced by the activities of Muhammad Khaznadar, Khayr al-Din sought to create a national museum of antiquities. However, this project came to an end with Khayr al-Din's dismissal and the subsequent arrival of French colonizers, who established the Bardo Museum (then called the Alaoui Museum) in 1888. The historical narrative written by the French colonial authority erased the memory of prominent Tunisian archaeologists and collectors who had been active in the preceding decades. This article seeks to highlight the important contributions of local Tunisians to the development of archaeological research and policies surrounding Tunisian cultural heritage in the nineteenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on Christina Fredengren's thought-provoking keynote on post-humanistic approaches in archaeology. Topics include considered that her ambition is to give arguments for relational and entangled approaches and multispecies archaeology and examines the political situation in the world, with increased segregation and inequality, requires action from the humanities and social sciences.

For the first time in the history of Venetian archaeology, this paper presents the innovative potential of the application of a non-invasive digital technique for the extensive measurement of reused sculpture (spolia) preserved in Venice and its lagoon, both in architectural contexts and as freestanding structural elements. The sample measurements were carried out to get precise digital representations of archaeologically and epigraphically meaningful items, such as ancient columns, capitals or inscriptions, which are reused in the facades of palaces on the Grand Canal, as well as inside and outside Venetian churches and bell-towers. In most cases, measurements were taken for the first time; it was also possible to test the functions of the device over considerable distances, even greater than 50 m, thus obtaining the measurement of artefacts that are difficult to access. Finally, the provision of a very detailed dataset made it possible to set up a broader, albeit still embryonic, study of the proportions of ancient artefacts, especially inscriptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The complete perusal of the late 19th and early 20th century files on Narce and its territory kept in the Documents Archive of the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, made it possible to reconstruct a hitherto unpublished season of excavations involving the eastern necropolis of the Faliscan town in the first two decades of the 20th century. These investigations concerned localities such as Monte Cerreto and Contrada Morgi, already extensively explored by Benedetti between 1890 and 1891 and published in the 1894 volume of the Monumenti Antichi dei Lincei on Narce, but were also an opportunity to investigate areas not considered by official excavations before and with no data so far. Six excavation campaigns were carried out between 1903 and 1918 by private excavators under the careful supervision of government overseers in order to avoid a repetition of the scandals concerning the reliability of the grave goods of a few years earlier. In particular, a comparison between the lists of materials acquired by the State and the contents of a large number of boxes kept in the storerooms of the Museo di Villa Giulia made it possible to identify 10 of the 44 grave goods found by Natale Malavolta in the Monte dei Porcari burial ground during the 1917 excavation campaign, which were included in the Museum’s collection but the correct attribution of which had been lost until now. In the light of the new data emerged, the paper intends to present, on a preliminary basis, some objects from the grave goods identified and to provide some brief insights on the funerary landscape and the definition of the Narce settlement in relation to its necropolises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to present how the past is viewed in contemporary cultural and social narratives, and defines contemporary attitude to the past among Poles. My deliberations are placed in the context of the present-day society / culture and their constituting processes, namely the phenomenon of forgetting the past, democratization of the past, its privatization / individualization, commodification of the past and new ways of experiencing it. The paper will specifically concentrate on the archaeological past - that is the past created by archaeologists, and on archaeological heritage. It address three crucial issues, namely: (1) how changes in the historical context of post-1989 Poland influenced the emergence the renaissance of the past and different narratives about it; (2) what are the most important and widespread forms of presenting and/or experiencing the archaeological past in the present?, and (3) what are the main motivations that lie behind contemporary Poles interest in the past, archaeological heritage and activities undertaken around it? Finally, it is argued that the changes in the people's attitudes towards the past have led also to a transformation in the hierarchy of aims and methods in education and dissemination of the knowledge about the past within institutions concerned with the past on a professional level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Professors A. M. Tallgren and U. T. Sirelius founded the journal Eurasia Septentrionalis Antiqua to disseminate information on the archaeology of Northern Eurasia to Western Europe. This article discusses the question of how and why the theoretical and methodological approaches that were distinctive to Soviet archaeology can be seen in the articles of the ESA, or if these approaches cannot be identified in the ESA, what might have been the reason for it. As a whole, the articles in the ESA reflect the development of archaeology in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, but the journal contained no examples of actual Soviet archaeology in the sense in which it was established and dogmatized in the next decade. The ESA had an established readership in the West, but further analysis is required to determine the actual significance of the journal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bone tools have a long archaeological history, and have recently been shown to retain use-traces distinctive of different perishable crafting practices. When examined in a controlled way, these diagnostic use-traces can serve as proxies for the crafted forms the bone tools were used to produce (e.g., baskets, leather goods, etc.). However, a number of methodological stumbling-blocks have hindered the sharing of bone tool use-wear results in a consistent standardized format. We suggest the application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), and provide details for how to construct an RTI system which resolves most problems related to reproducibility in use-trace analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vampires gained worldwide popularity due to the classic novel about the most famous one, Dracula, written by Bram Stoker in 1897. Bram Stoker's Dracula has very little in common with his inspiration, the fifteenth-century Wallachian ruler Vlad III (1431-1476), who was a real historical figure. However, some strange events involving the dead seem to have occurred in Southwest of Transylvania a few centuries after the Wallachian prince's death. In some parts of the Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia (1718-1739), the local Austrian authorities recorded some cases of 'vampirism', which Europe would be introduced to shortly afterward, along with this newly accepted word. This paper will present historical facts about one particular case recorded at the southernmost border of the Habsburg Empire, which at the time was the West Morava River. It was the case of a 'vampire' named Arnold Paole, who died in 1726/7 in the border village of Medveđa and whose case 'infected' the whole Europe with the 'virus' of 'vampiromania'. The main goal of the paper is to locate the spot where one of the first 'vampire slayings' ever recorded could have taken place, and to direct further investigations within early modern age archaeology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on research on post-medieval and historical archaeology. It mentions personal challenges as the heritage and museums sectors continue to deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. It also mentions historical archaeological research are radically different from those used in regions strongly influenced by European colonialism. It also mentions strong Western European colonial periodization, regions, and theory.

The focus of this paper is on the history and archaeology of a village that was a part of the Panjgur district, then Kharan district, and now again a part of Panjgur district. Historically, it has been important since much has happened for and around it. Archeologically, the recent discoveries of a couple of dambs/mound and burial cairns take its ancient history to 5000 BCE to historic times which are have almost never been documented. Furthermore, architectural heritage simple and fading away. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The famous greenstone figure known as the Tuxtla Statuette is one of only 12 objects known to bear an epi-Olmec inscription and was the first to become known to scholarship. For more than a century its original find-spot was imprecisely and erroneously identified as lying in the township of San Andrés Tuxtla or, more generally, in the Tuxtla Mountains. Correspondence in the National Anthropology Archives of the Smithsonian Institution documents that the figure was found on the Hacienda de Hueyapan de Mimendi, near the colossal head of Tres Zapotes. Archival research in Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology and the Archivo General del Estado de Veracruz, as well as interviews with descendants of owners of the Hacienda de Hueyapan and the statuette, allow us to confirm several features of the Smithsonian correspondence. The data indicate that the statuette was found within or very near the epi-Olmec regional center of Tres Zapotes and within the township of Santiago Tuxtla. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]