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Why those who shovel are silent : a history of local archaeological knowledge and labor / Allison Mickel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mickel, Allison, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community archaeology--Jordan--Petra (Extinct city).
- Community archaeology.
- Community archaeology--Turkey--Çatal Mound.
- Archaeology--Methodology.
- Archaeology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Years of ethnographic work with current and former workers at two Middle Eastern archaeological sites combined with archival research. Describes the knowledge that locally-hired laborers possess about artifacts, excavation methods, and interpretation, showing that archaeological workers are experts-and are paid by archaeologists to pretend to be less knowledgeable"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Local communities, labor, and laboratories
- Site workers as specialists, site workers as supporters
- Access to interpretation
- Lucrative non-knowledge
- Lucrative identities in global archaeological labor
- Inclusive recording.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781646421152
- 1646421159
- OCLC:
- 1226073307
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