Public Archaeology

Archaeology as a Social Science

by Gary Feinman

Para el pueblo, pero sin el pueblo. La arqueología mallorquina del s. XXI

by David Javaloyas Molina

Published in: Almansa, J. (Ed.) (2011) El futuro de la arqueología en España

Si preguntáramos a cualquier persona dedicada a la arqueología
o al patrimonio histórico que valore la riqueza... more Si preguntáramos a cualquier persona dedicada a la arqueología
o al patrimonio histórico que valore la riqueza arqueológica de Mallorca, seguramente  respondería que ésta es excepcional. Sin  embargo, a muchos de los profesionales de la isla (y sospecho que también muy probablemente les haya ocurrido a otros colegas de otros puntos del estado español) nos ha pasado infinidad de veces que, al responder a alguien interesado en saber cuál es nuestra profesión, el interlocutor pone los ojos en blanco y responde: ¿pero puedes vivir de esto? ¡Si en Mallorca no hay nada! Bajo esta situación se plantea una serie de cuestiones de vital importancia para el presente y futuro de nuestra disciplina.

Dissertation: Domestic Artifacts, Political Practices: An Archaeology of Women’s Reform Efforts and the Home, 1854-1939

by Kim Christensen

The Intersections of Archaeology and Postcolonial Studies.

by Matthew Liebmann

2008. In Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique, edited by M. Liebmann and U. Rizvi, pp. 1-20. Altamira Press, Lanham, MD.

10.1007_s11759-011-9177-5

by Morshed Rayhan

Interview with Mike Pitts, Editor of British Archaeology

by Hilary Orange

Interview conducted by Hilary Orange and Andrew Shapland on 13th June 2007

After studying at the Institute of Archaeology Mike Pitts, by a circuitous route, became editor of British Archaeology... more After studying at the Institute of Archaeology Mike Pitts, by a circuitous route, became editor of British Archaeology in 2003. In the intervening time he was curator of the Alexander Keiller Museum at Avebury, before opening a restaurant called Stones, also in Avebury. More recently he wrote Fairweather Eden (Pitts & Roberts 1997/8) on the discoveries at Boxgrove and Hengeworld (2000/1) about Stonehenge and Avebury. He has been a regular contributor to print journalism, radio (including a historic drama on Radio 4) and television, and briefly edited Current Archaeology before taking up his current post.

Public archaeology and prehistory in Sicily (1998)

by Enrico Giannitrapani

published in 'Antiquity' 72 (1998), pp. 739-743

Il sistema interattivo con piano orizzontale multitouch sensing per la mostra «Da Petra a Shawbak. Archeologia di una frontiera». La struttura concettuale della progettazione archeologica

by Michele Nucciotti

Co-authored with Chiara Marcotulli, Lapo Somigli, Lea Landucci, Riccardo Canalicchio

Published in: Anna Margherita Jasink, Grazia Tucci e Luca Bombardieri (eds.),
MUSINT Le Collezioni archeologiche egee e cipriote in Toscana. Ricerche ed esperienze di museologia interattiva, Firenze (IT), 2011, Florence University Press, pp.139-152

A window of opportunity indeed!

by Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica IANSA

A Window of Opportunity

by Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica IANSA

Professor Marek Zvelebil (9. 1. 1952 – 7. 7. 2011)

by Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica IANSA

Madrid. A great civil engineering yesterday and today. A model of archaeological recovery of the great city-planning projects

by Pablo Guerra G.

Co-authored with J. Morín, E. Agustí, L. Cantallops, M. Escolà, J.A. Gandullo, P. Guerra, J.M. Illán, F.J. López Fraile, M. López Recio, R. Roberto de Almeida y F. Sánchez.
Published in Sanabria Marcos, P. J. (2008): Memories of Urban Archaeology in Cáceres. Symposium of Archaeology. Museum of Cáceres (Extremadura, Spain). Pp. 263-267.

We explain the results of archaeological works developed during works of remodeling the M-30 Highway and works in... more We explain the results of archaeological works developed during works of remodeling the M-30 Highway and works in Madrid Subway, during years 2004 to 2007. This could be a model of archaeological intervention in time modern and contemporary, and could be applied in other monumental and historical cities like Cáceres.

Founding of the Advisory Board

by Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica IANSA

Towards a beneficial World Heritage: Community involvement in the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

by Dominic Walker

2011. Museum International 63 (1-2): 25-33.

The Fabulous Tales of the Common People, Part 2: Encountering Hadrian’s Wall

by Robert Witcher

Witcher, R.E. 2010. The Fabulous Tales of the Common People, Part 2: Encountering Hadrian’s Wall. Public Archaeology 9(4): 211-238.

This is the second of two related papers published in successive issues of Public Archaeology (vol 9, issues 3 and 4).
Additional text and images can be found: http://www.dur.ac.uk/roman.centre/hadrianswall/phototext/

In 2003, the Hadrian's Wall National Trail was opened, providing a 135 km (84 mile) public footpath along the length... more In 2003, the Hadrian's Wall National Trail was opened, providing a 135 km (84 mile) public footpath along the length of the Roman frontier from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway. Each year, thousands of visitors walk the Trail from end-to-end and many more make day trips to visit specific locations within the wider World Heritage Site. In the second of two related papers (see Witcher, 2010), consideration turns from professional and popular visual representations of Hadrian's Wall to the ways in which visitors physically experience the monument and its landscape. The paper explores how embodied and sensory encounters produce and reproduce understandings which are charged with cultural and political meaning. Specifically, the elision of visitors and Roman soldiers through a process of embodied empathy/sympathy is outlined. It is argued that the way in which Western society assumes familiarity with an ancestral Roman Empire actively reduces the interrogative potential of encounters with the monument and limits visitors' ability to reflect on the significance of the Wall. The paper goes on to consider alternative modes of visual and physical engagement, drawing inspiration from virtual communities including geocachers who have used Information Technology such as Global Positioning Systems and Web 2.0 functionality to develop innovative modes of representation and encounter.

Keywords: HADRIAN'S WALL; WORLD HERITAGE; LANDSCAPE; EMBODIMENT; EMPATHY/SYMPATHY; VISITOR EXPERIENCE; RECONSTRUCTIONS; GEOCACHING

2009 - Archeologia nel Parco di Centocelle

by Patrizia Gioia

P. Gioia & R. Volpe 2009 - Archeologia nel Parco di Centocelle, in Arch.It.Arch, Dialoghi di Archeologia e Architettura, Roma, Quasar: 102-115.

L’archeologia può essere uno strumento per cambiare i destini di un territorio? In questo testo le autrici... more L’archeologia può essere uno strumento per cambiare i destini di un territorio? In questo testo le autrici ripercorrono la storia recente di un ampia area del suburbio est di Roma, dove fino a pochi decenni fa vi era l’ex aeroporto militare di Centocelle. Qui ebbe luogo il primo volo d’Italia, effettuato da Wilbur Wright nel 1909. Qui fino agli anni ’80 si intendeva costruire un nuovo polo urbano, tra quartieri già densamente popolati. Le numerose scoperte archeologiche effettuate negli anni’90 hanno oggi cambiato la destinazione di questa area, dove sta sorgendo, se pure tra molte difficoltà e problemi, un grande parco archeologico urbano.

Archaeology can be a tool for changing the destiny of a territory? In this paper the authors trace the recent history of a large area of the eastern suburbs of Rome, where until a few decades ago there was the former military airport of Centocelle. Here took place the first flight of Italy, performed by Wilbur Wright in 1909. Here until the 80s a new urban center was to be built, amid areas already densely populated. The numerous archaeological discoveries made in the 90s have now changed the destination of this area, where is coming up, although with many difficulties and problems, a large urban archaeological park.

2008 - L’area di Torre Spaccata: progetti sul territorio e finalità dell’intervento

by Patrizia Gioia

P.Gioia 2008 - L’area di Torre Spaccata: progetti sul territorio e finalità dell’intervento. In Gioia P. Torre Spaccata. Roma S.D.O. Le indagini Archeologiche, Roma-Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino: 9-12.

Questo testo costituisce l’introduzione ad un volume dedicato alle indagini archeologiche nell’area di Torre Spaccata.... more Questo testo costituisce l’introduzione ad un volume dedicato alle indagini archeologiche nell’area di Torre Spaccata. Queste hanno fatto parte della più ampia campagna di indagini1 programmata alla metà degli anni ’90 nelle aree del Sistema Direzionale Orientale, un programma urbanistico che prevedeva una riorganizzazione e una distribuzione regolata di servizi, verde ed aree pubbliche in un’ampia area del settore Est del suburbio romano.
L’area di Torre Spaccata costituisce l’appendice del comparto S.D.O. di Centocelle e si estende, per una superficie di circa 60 ha. Le indagini, svoltesi dal gennaio 1997 al marzo del 1998 e dal giugno all’ottobre del 2006, sono state finalizzate ad una conoscenza quanto più dettagliata possibile di questa porzione di territorio, che consentisse poi di stabilirne una definitiva destinazione urbanistica.

This text is the introduction to a volume dedicated to archaeological investigations in Torre Spaccata area. These have been a part of a larger campaign of surveys, planned in the mid 90s in the areas of "Sistema Direzionale Orientale", a program that included the planning and a new distribution of facilities and green areas and in a wide area in the East suburb of Rome.
The area of Torre Spaccata constitutes the appendix of the S.D.O. sector of Centocelle and covers over an area of approximately 60 ha. The investigations, that took place from January 1997 to March 1998 and from June to October of 2006, were aimed at a more detailed knowledge of this portion of the roman territory, with the purpose of establishing for it a new urban destination.

El futuro de la arqueología española

by Felipe Criado-Boado

Published in Jaime Almansa Sánchez (ed.), El futuro de la Arqueología en España. 45 profesionales hablan sobre el futuro de la Arqueología. Colección Charlas de Café, 1: 55-60. Madrid: JAS Arqueología SLU. ISBN 978-84-938146-8-7 (papel) / 978-84-938146-9-4 (electrónica). 2011.

[ES]Desde 2008 hemos vivido una crisis sin precedentes en la empresa de Arqueología como consecuencia del parón... more [ES]Desde 2008 hemos vivido una crisis sin precedentes en la empresa de Arqueología como consecuencia del parón inmobiliario. Se equivocan los que crean que esta crisis sólo afecta a la Arqueología Profesional. Profesionales de la Arqueología somos todos y todas. La crisis de la empresa de Arqueología es una crisis tanto del modelo de negocio como del modelo de práctica que hemos producido en los últimos 30 años. Desmantela el status quo de las administraciones encargadas de la gestión del Patrimonio Arqueológico. Genera nuevos retos a una investigación y formación académica que a duras penas habían sido capaces de adaptarse a las necesidades del nuevo mercado arqueológico y que ahora se desmorona delante de sus ojos pero … sin que lo vean derrumbarse. Y afecta directamente a instituciones anacrónicas como los Museos, Academias, Colegios profesionales, … que ni siquiera se habían adaptado al salto anterior. Los efectos de largo plazo de la crisis de la empresa arqueológica están por llegar. Urge generar nuevos temas de reflexión, investigación y gestión. En una rápida enumeración podemos incluir:
1.Modelo de gestión de la arqueología: ¿qué lugar ocupa una arqueología pública?
2.Modelo de negocio en arqueología: después del boom de la arqueología comercial, ¿qué otras cosas pueden producir valor económico en arqueología y en qué condiciones?
3.Modelo de empresa arqueológica: la empresa arqueológica es un ejemplo genuino de economía del conocimiento, no una empresa de construcción, ¿qué relación tiene la arqueología con las KIBS (knowldege intensive business services)?
4.Interacción profesional: ¿cómo construir una red social de arqueólogo/as, empresas y profesionales de la arqueología? 5.Relación con la sociedad: ¿qué rol le toca a la comunidad y a la arqueología amateur en el estudio y valorización del patrimonio arqueológico? ¿cómo va a contribuir la Arqueología a generar efectos prácticos y transformativos de la realidad social? 6.Relación con contextos interculturales: ¿cuáles son las posibilidades y problemas del patrimonio para crear vínculos sociales en contextos que han evolucionado rápidamente hacia una sociedad multicultural?
7.Problemas epistémicos y filosóficos: ¿cómo vamos a producir sentido en un sistema de saber fisurado por la postmodernidad (necesaria) y la multivocalidad (inevitable)?
8.Problemas éticos y axiológicos: ¿cómo se pueden introducir estándares éticos, y cuáles, en la práctica arqueológica?
[EN]Since 2008, we have been experiencing an unprecedented crisis in the business of Archaeology as a result of the collapse of the real estate sector. Those who believe that this crisis only affects professional Archaeology are wrong. We are all Archaeology professionals. The crisis in our field equally affects the business model and the practical model that we have produced over the last 30 years. It dismantles the status quo of the authorities who are responsible for the management of archaeological heritage. It creates new challenges for a research and academic preparation that have been barely capable of adapting to the needs of the new archaeological market, and which are now being knocked down before its eyes… without being seen to collapse. And it directly affects outdated institutions such as museums, academies or professional associations, which had not even adapted to the previous leap forwards. The long-term effects of the crisis affecting the business of archaeology have yet to arrive. It is essential to create new themes for consideration, research and management. Briefly, we could include the following:
1.The management model of archaeology: what is the position of public archaeology?
2.The business model in archaeology: after the boom of commercial archaeology, which other things can produce economic value in archaeology, and under what conditions? 3.The archaeological enterprise model: archaeological enterprises are a genuine example of the economy of knowledge, not a construction business: what is the relationship between archaeology and knowledge intensive business services (KIBS)?
4.Professional interaction: how is it possible to construct a social network of archaeologists, enterprises and professionals working in the field of archaeology?
5.Relationship with society: what is the role of the community and amateur archaeology in the study and public presentation of archaeological heritage? How will archaeology contribute towards producing practical effects that bring about changes in our social reality?
6.Relationship with intercultural contexts: what are the possibilities and problems affecting heritage to create social links in contexts that have quickly evolved towards a multicultural society?
7.Epistemic and philosophical problems: how are we going to create meaning in a knowledge system that is fractured by postmodernity (something that is necessary) and multivocality (something that is inevitable)?
8.Ethical and axiological problems: how is it possible to introduce ethical standards in archaeological practice, and which should be introduced?

Interview with Professor Stephan Shennan-MA, PhD, FBA

by Amara Thornton

Public Archaeology Interviews Neal Ascherson

by Amara Thornton