politics
Archaeologist-in-residence
James Dixon (UWE, UK) and Lisa Hill (University of Oxford
Is it acceptable to simply ‘be archaeological’ without digging a hole, drawing anything or even taking a single photograph? We think so and aim here to demonstrate how by expanding on the potential for the development of an archaeological ontology that uses contemporary archaeological principles to confront the immediacy of experience.
Spying archaeologists: Near Eastern archaeology and the legacy of espionage
Tobias Richter (UCL, UK)
Was Wales Really Invented by the Normans? The ‘Long 12th Century’ and the Implications for Nationalist Revisionism
Jemma Bezant (University of Wales Lampeter, UK)
Some Ethnographic Observations on the Role of Archaeology in South-eastern Turkey
Laurent Dissard (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Salvage excavations have been undertaken by archaeologists since the 1960s in south-eastern Turkey before the construction of large dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. My research looks at the history of these excavations and the contributions they have made to Anatolian archaeology.
The Role of Street lamps, Flowerpots and Nightclubs in the Creation and Affirmation of Identities in Contemporary Central Bristol
James R. Dixon, UWE/University of Bristol
A Dynamic Relationship: exploring the complexities of representation in the museum/heritage experience
Laura McAtackney (Oxford University; laura.mcatackney@conted.ox.ac.uk) and Alexandra Ward (Cardiff University; wardae@cardiff.ac.uk)
