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Why those who shovel are silent : a history of local archaeological knowledge and labor
- Title
- Why those who shovel are silent : a history of local archaeological knowledge and labor / Allison Mickel.
- Author
- Mickel, Allison
- Publication
- Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 203 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
- 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"--
- Subject
- Community archaeology > Jordan > Petra (Extinct city)
- Community archaeology > Turkey > Çatal Mound
- Archaeology > Methodology
- Archaeology > Social aspects > Jordan > Petra (Extinct city)
- Archaeology > Social aspects > Turkey > Çatal Mound
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Jordan > Petra (Extinct city)
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Turkey > Çatal Mound
- Archaeology > Social aspects
- Community archaeology
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Jordan > Petra (Extinct city)
- Turkey > Çatal Mound
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-3578
- ISBN
- 9781646421145
- 1646421140
- 9781646421268
- 1646421264
- LCCN
- 2020051278
- 40030495133
- OCLC
- 1200581497
- Author
- Mickel, Allison, author.
- Title
- Why those who shovel are silent : a history of local archaeological knowledge and labor / Allison Mickel.
- Publisher
- Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Mickel, Allison. Why those who shovel are silent Louisville, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2021 9781646421152 (DLC) 2020051279
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030495133
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-3578