- Archaeology, History of Archaeology, History of Classical Archaeology, History of Scholarship, History of Science, History of Egyptology, and 19 moreHistory of Anthropology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Egyptology, Medieval Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Public Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Digital Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology, Mediterranean archaeology, Industrial Archaeology, Biography, The history of archaeology, History, Anthropology, and Roman Archaeologyedit
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HARN WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS. If you would like to
If you would like to join our research network, please contact Ulf R. Hansson at HARNgroup@googlemail.com with contact information, academic affiliation and a synopsis of your research interests
The Histories of Archaeology Research Network, HARN, was founded in 2008 by Pamela Jane Smith and is now run by Pamela Jane Smith, Ulf R. Hansson, Julia Roberts, Kathleen Sheppard MacDonald, and Olga Sveshnikova. HARN is an inter-university and interdisciplinary e-mail network which provides an overarching, cross-institutional structure to promote communication and to support shared ideas and innovative new work.
Members attempt to untangle the histories and philosophies of archaeology and reconstruct the lesser-known social, political and intellectual aspects of archaeology's history. HARN participants are investigating previously unexamined archival and primary sources and gathering original oral-historical evidence. They produce innovative, fine-grained descriptions and in-depth historical analyses based on entirely fresh material. The resulting new research is regularly submitted to Antiquity's Project Gallery. An example is Kathleen Sheppard's examination of Flinders Petrie's promotion of 'the solutions eugenics offered to the ills of society' <http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/sheppard/>.
HARN now consists of about 130 participants from across the world. New members and all queries are welcomed. For more information please contact HARN at HARNgroup@googlemail.com
Please also visit HARN's blog at http://harngroup.wordpress.com where anyone interested in the history of archaeology can post announcements or comments or initiate discussion.edit
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Research Interests: Archaeology of pre-Roman Italy, Greek Archaeology, History of Archaeology, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, History of Greek Archaeology, and 3 moreRoman Archaeology, History of Classical Archaeology, and History of Roman Archaeology
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Research Interests: History of Science, History of Social Sciences, History of Anthropology, History of Scholarship, History of Egyptology, and 7 moreHistory of Archaeology, History of Antiquarianism, History of Art and archaeology, History of Archaeology - Antiquarianism - Classical Tradition, History of Collecting and Antiquarianism, History of Classical Archaeology, and History of Archaeology and Anthropology
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HARN would like to know about the activities of our members (conferences, workshops, talks, exhibitions, publications and other news) that might be of interest to all or some of us. Please send any such information to Ulf... more
HARN would like to know about the activities of our members (conferences, workshops, talks, exhibitions, publications and other news) that might be of interest to all or some of us. Please send any such information to Ulf (ulf.hansson@austin.utexas.edu) for posting here or on HARN's other pages on the web (weblog, facebook). Thanks!
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The history of archaeology constitutes an important and steadily growing field of study. Classical archaeology or the study of the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean has a long tradition to build on, but it is only in recent decades... more
The history of archaeology constitutes an important and steadily growing field of study. Classical archaeology or the study of the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean has a long tradition to build on, but it is only in recent decades that this long history has been the subject of more systematic critical investigation and contextual assessment that reach beyond the conventional stories of great men and their discoveries. Significant aspects and implications of the discipline are often neglected or overlooked because they are beyond the scope of these traditional histories, many of which are of course fine pieces of scholarship that have managed to reach an extraordinarily wide popular audience. This two-day conference will address various problems relating to early 20th-century Mediterranean archaeology, with special focus on the study of Greek, Etruscan and Roman cultures from the Archaic to the late Roman period and including Asia Minor, Egypt, the Near East and other regions that were once part of the Hellenistic world and/or a province of the later Roman empire. We welcome contributions that will contribute to a more balanced or holistic picture of the discipline and its various practices in the first half of the last century, including the postwar years. Proposals are invited for individual papers that deal with any aspects of the discipline (in the broadest sense) covering the period c. 1900-1950. We also welcome proposals for full sessions of 4 related papers. Topics can include, but are not limited to: the history of excavation and publication projects histories of individual actors, groups and/or institutions the problem of so-called " instrumental actors " versus " common " practitioners histories of collecting and collections cultural heritage legislation and management archaeological societies, congresses and exhibitions political aspects archaeological theory and practices interactions between centre and periphery wartime archaeology popular reception To Propose a Paper: Please send a word document, with your name, institution affiliation (or note that you are an independent scholar), contact information, a paper title, and an abstract with 250 words or less. Full session proposals should contain a session abstract (max. 300 words). For proposals for full sessions, please include the titles, abstracts, authors and contact information for all 4 papers. Each paper should be no more than 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for questions (a total of 30 minutes) Proposals should be sent as word attachments to HARNgroup@googlemail.com before Friday, 22 April 2016. Please make the subject of the email " HARN conference proposal " .
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In this paper I will examine the already well-known problem of the porticus Minuciae in Rome, by means of a new comparative approach involving the archival data and the archaeological evidence of the building generally known as porticus... more
In this paper I will examine the already well-known problem of the porticus Minuciae in Rome, by means of a new comparative approach involving the archival data and the archaeological evidence of the building generally known as porticus Minucia vetus at the eastern limit of the sacred area of Largo Argentina.
The examination of the excavation journals of its discoverer Giuseppe Marchetti Longhi (non-edited notes, drawings, tracings and photos of the years 1928-1937) allows for both the reconstruction of the appearance of the building at its discovery and for the dating of its phases. A careful analysis of this archival material with the help of the successive documents of the adjacent excavations of Guglielmo Gatti (done on 1937-1941) has permitted the reconstruction of the history of the excavation of the building and the identification of the Marchetti Longhi’s excavation pits and of the relative finds.
Moreover, a study of the present state of the monument and a new survey of the structures revealed a bulk of unpublished information, not yet accessible through the journals. On these grounds, it is now possible to offer a scientific reconstruction of the building that impedes the general interpretation as one of the two porticus Minuciae known, and sheds new light on the topic, providing new directions for further research.
The examination of the excavation journals of its discoverer Giuseppe Marchetti Longhi (non-edited notes, drawings, tracings and photos of the years 1928-1937) allows for both the reconstruction of the appearance of the building at its discovery and for the dating of its phases. A careful analysis of this archival material with the help of the successive documents of the adjacent excavations of Guglielmo Gatti (done on 1937-1941) has permitted the reconstruction of the history of the excavation of the building and the identification of the Marchetti Longhi’s excavation pits and of the relative finds.
Moreover, a study of the present state of the monument and a new survey of the structures revealed a bulk of unpublished information, not yet accessible through the journals. On these grounds, it is now possible to offer a scientific reconstruction of the building that impedes the general interpretation as one of the two porticus Minuciae known, and sheds new light on the topic, providing new directions for further research.