Project paper presentation
Alice Stevenson will present a paper based on the 'Artefacts of excavaton' research at a one-day conference 'Global histories of archaeologists in the field' :
Date: 22/04/2016 - 10:15 - 17:30
Institute: Institute of Latin American Studies
Type: Conference / Symposium
Venue: The Court Room, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Programme:
10.15-10.30 Registration
10.30 Welcome
10.40-12.30 Paper & Discussion Session 1 – Contexts of archaeology
Archaeology and the Agents of Latin American Independence: Juan Galindo and his reports on the “Maya” ruins – Irina Podgorny, CONICET / Museo de la Plata, Argentina
‘A selection of minor antiquities’: a multi-sited view on collections from excavations in Egypt – Alice Stevenson, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL
The Excavator’s Mission: archaeology’s entanglements with the League of Nations – Christopher Zoller-Blundell, University of Giessen, Germany
12.30-1.15pm Lunch
1.15-3 Paper & Discussion Session 2 – Fieldwork in context
Explorers, collectors, and armchair archaeologists: British field practices at Tell el-Yahudiyeh, 1870-1880 – Meira Gold, University of Cambridge
The archaeologist Blackman and the Nubian community in the early twentieth century – Asaad Zaki, University of Sadat City, Egypt
Archaeologists, geographical knowledge and local communities in Central America, 1880-1930 – Sophie Brockmann, University of London
3-3.20 Coffee
3.20-4.35 Paper & Discussion Session 3 – Writing about archaeological sites
Picking up the pieces: Writing Lessons in the History of Mexican Antiquarianism – Miruna Achim, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Mexico
The Field on the Page: How Archaeologists Scripted Spadework – Amara Thornton, University College London
4.35-5 Reflections on Archaeology in Belize: Elizabeth Graham, UCL Department of Archaeology
5-5.30 Discussion
Registration Fee £20 Standard - £10 Retired/Student/Unwaged
To register please go to: http://store.london.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=5&deptid=...
For additional information please contact Sophie.Brockmann@sas.ac.uk.
