From antiquarian to archaeologist : the history and philosophy of archaeology / Tim Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Tim, 1955- author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Philosophy.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--History.

History.

Physical Description:

261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword, 2014.

Summary:

In the early days of the philosophy of archaeology. ...practitioners. ...genuinely believed that determinate rules of scientific method could be applied to archaeology and that this would ensure that archaeology became 'scientific'. Several decades later we know that this is not the case, but we are still grappling with our responsibility as archaeologists to fashion a truer account of archaeological epistemology and archaeological ontology. The history of archaeology, specifically the detailed analysis of how arguments are made, justified and accepted in the discipline, has a truly vital role in this most important phase in the coming of age of archaeology. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Explorations in the historiography of archaeology: a personal account 8

Chapter 2 The history, philosophy and sociology of archaeology: the case of the Ancient Monuments Protection Act (1882) 13

Chapter 3 The Tasmanians and the constitution of the 'Dawn of Humanity' 44

Chapter 4 Archaeology, ideology and the threat of the past: Sir Henry Rider Haggard and the acquisition of time 67

Chapter 5 From Sydney to Sarajevo: a centenary reflection on archaeology and European identity 80

Chapter 6 Epilogue: the art of archaeological biography 98

Chapter 7 Excavating the cultural traditions of nineteenth century English archaeology: the case of Robert Knox 112

Chapter 8 On 'normalizing' the Palaeolithic: an orthodoxy questioned 127

Chapter 9 Epilogue: why the history of archaeology matters 149

Chapter 10 Archbishop Ussher and archaeological time 157

Chapter 11 The historiography of archaeology and Canon Greenwell 374

Chapter 12 Rethinking antiquarianism 189

Chapter 13 Prehistoric archaeology in the 'Parliament of Science' 1845-1884 202

Chapter 14 Illustrating 'savagery': Sir John Lubbock and Ernest Griset 221

Chapter 15 Writing histories of archaeology 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781783463527

178346352X

OCLC:

868083226

Publisher Number:

99958482153