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Stephen L. Dyson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Where Caesar Never Trod. Classical Archaeology and Ideology in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century America
    Fragmenta, 2008
    Co-Authors: Stephen L. Dyson
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    America had a complex interaction of Classical ideology and nationalism. It was never a ‘Classical land’, yet used antiquity. Separation from Europe weakened Old World identity. After the Revolution and Republican foundation, Classically educated leaders turned to Greece and Rome for ideological reference. Public and private buildings were done in Classical style. Classical place names were used for new settlements and commemorative statues and war memorials used Classical imagery. Late nineteenth century academic classicists increasingly emphasized Hellenic identity. Americans studied in Greece and brought Hellenic values back to classrooms. Excavations acquired an ideological identity. The American Athenian Agora excavations highlighted Archaeology of democracy in the fascist era. In contrast the industrial elite identified with Rome and built railway stations modelled on Roman baths. American museums early acquired a strong Classical orientation. An early emphasis on public education through casts gave...

  • In Pursuit of Ancient Pasts: A History of Classical Archaeology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
    2006
    Co-Authors: Stephen L. Dyson
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    The stories behind the acquisition of ancient antiquities are often as important as those that tell of their creation. This fascinating book provides a comprehensive account of the history and development of Classical Archaeology, explaining how and why artifacts have moved from foreign soil to collections around the world. As archaeologist Stephen Dyson shows, Greek and Roman archaeological study was closely intertwined with ideas about class and social structure; the rise of nationalism and later political ideologies such as fascism; and the physical and cultural development of most of the important art museums in Europe and the United States, whose prestige depended on their creation of collections of Classical art. Accompanied by a discussion of the history of each of the major national traditions and their significant figures, this lively book shows how Classical Archaeology has influenced attitudes about areas as wide-ranging as tourism, nationalism, the role of the museum, and historicism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art.

  • From New to New Age Archaeology: Archaeological Theory and Classical Archaeology-A 1990s Perspective
    American Journal of Archaeology, 1993
    Co-Authors: Stephen L. Dyson
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    This essay started as a review article on several recent books on archaeological theory, their place in the current debate on the purposes and methods of Archaeology, and their relevance to Classical archaeologists.* What emerged, however, was the author's very personal view of the current state of theoretical Archaeology and what the latest developments mean for Classical Archaeology today. Classical archaeologists have long been unwilling to join in the debate, which has centered on the application of theoretical concerns to the practice of most humanistic and social science disciplines. The reasons for this are complex.' Classical Archaeology traces its origins back to one of the first archaeological theoreticians, Johannes Winckelmann, and was on the front line of general cultural debates in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.2 This innovative environment changed, however, during the course of the 19th century. In part this was due to the strong influence of German scholarship with its emphasis on the systematic collection of facts as a precursor to any real knowledge, and to the increasingly dominant position of science in the intellectual life of the period. Scholars in most humanistic fields, including Classical Archaeology, argued that their generalizations had to be based on solid, systematically organized bodies of data. This collection of facts increasingly replaced the use of Classical material in general cultural debates. Catalogues and compendia came to dominate scholarly production.3 Changes in the academic sociology of the profession reinforced this research direction. Classical archaeol-

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Anthony Snodgrass - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Ischia and After
    Cahiers « Mondes anciens », 2020
    Co-Authors: Anthony Snodgrass
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    This short note reminds the important role the meeting “La mort, les morts dans les societes anciennes”, which took place in Ischia in 1977, played to establish a long-lasting connection between historical anthropology and Classical Archaeology.

  • A Paradigm Shift in Classical Archaeology
    Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2002
    Co-Authors: Anthony Snodgrass
    Abstract:

    This article, a revised version of the 13th McDonald Lecture given on 21 November 2001, sets the recent and partial transformation in the content and practice of Classical archaeological against the background of Kuhn's well-known work, first published in 1962, on paradigm and revolution in the scientific disciplines. Perhaps the most important question in this context — how would we know when a change in paradigm had taken place? — is harder to answer for a humanities discipline than for a science. But the attempt is made, first to set out a traditional paradigm for the subject; then to give examples of new approaches which seem to satisfy many of Kuhn's criteria for the introduction of a new paradigm; and, more briefly, to show that other approaches, innovatory though they may be, by their nature cannot bring about such a change. Whether a true paradigm shift has been set in motion, the future alone will show.

  • periplous papers on Classical art and Archaeology presented to sir john boardman
    2000
    Co-Authors: Gocha R Tsetskhladze, A J N W Prag, Anthony Snodgrass
    Abstract:

    The ideas of circumnavigation suggested by the title of this volume of essays, presented to one of the world's leading Classical archaeologists, conjures up the sense of excitement associated with a voyage of discovery. Over 40 friends and former doctoral students whose work was supervised by John Boardman during his time as Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford University (1978-1994) have contributed essays on topics close to his heart. Now holding academic posts worldwide, they all recall with pleasure the enthusiasm and encouragement of their former teacher.

Michael Mackinnon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • ZooArchaeology Method and Practice in Classical Archaeology: Interdisciplinary Pathways Forward
    Zooarchaeology in Practice, 2017
    Co-Authors: Michael Mackinnon
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    The discipline of Classical Archaeology provides a fertile environment for the application of a diverse array of methodological and practical tactics from zooArchaeology. Moreover, this dynamic is reciprocal, with contributions from zooArchaeology variously affecting the questions asked and trajectories pursued within Classical Archaeology. This paper reviews the relationship between these two fields and how contributions garnered from developments in zooarchaeological method and practice are reshaping and refining our knowledge of how animals factored in the world of antiquity. Attention focuses on several key issues: (1) zooarchaeological input to the complicated debate centering upon “sacred” and “secular” reasons behind why meat was consumed in Greek antiquity, with particular focus upon the value of enhanced recovery techniques and greater taphonomic understanding; (2) the interrelationships of ancient textual, iconographic, and zooarchaeological sets of information to our knowledge of livestock “breed” diversity in antiquity; and (3) advancements in zooarchaeological method and practice, including isotopic research, that are refashioning the questions asked and directions pursued in Classical Archaeology as a whole. Examples are drawn from various sites within the ancient Greek and Roman Mediterranean context to explore themes.

  • Osteological research in Classical Archaeology
    American Journal of Archaeology, 2007
    Co-Authors: Michael Mackinnon
    Abstract:

    The purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to provide a brief historical overview of human and nonhuman osteological studies in Classical Archaeology to get a sense of why and how the disciplines developed as they did; (2) to examine the current state of research in human osteology and zooArchaeology in the Classical context, providing examples of case studies to help highlight the value (and limitations) of osteological analyses in reconstructing aspects of ancient Greek and Roman cultures and the environments in which they lived; and (3) to outline future directions for these disciplines, specifically in terms of connections that human osteologists and zooarchaeologists can share with one another, and how both, in turn, can cultivate ties to the wider fields of classics, Archaeology, and anthropology to increase our knowledge of the natural and cultural worlds of antiquity. While some aspects of osteological work in Classical Archaeology remain underdeveloped, the future holds strong promise for greater use and integration of osteological data within this context.*