In line with the resurgence of interest in the history of archaeology manifested over the past decade, this volume aims to highlight state-of-the art research across several topics and areas, and to stimulate new approaches and studies in the field. With their shared historiographical commitment, the authors, leading scholars and emerging researchers, draw from a wide range of case studies to address major themes such as historical sources and methods; questions of archaeological practices and the practical aspects of knowledge production; ‘visualizing archaeology’ and the multiple roles of iconography and imagery; and ‘questions of identity’ at local, national and international levels.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures List of Plates List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Archaeology in the Light of its Histories Nathan Schlanger and Jarl Nordbladh PART I : SOURCES AND METHODS FOR THE HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY Chapter 1. Biography as Microhistory: The Relevance of Private Archives for Writing the History of Archaeology Marc-Antoine Kaeser Chapter 2. From Distant Shores: Nineteenth-Century Dutch Archaeology in European Perspective Ruurd B. Halbertsma Chapter 3. The Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition, 1886–1889: Model of Inquiry for the History of Archaeology Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox Chapter 4. The Phenomenon of Pre-Soviet Archaeology. Archival Studies in the History of Russian Archaeology – Methods and Results Nadezhda I. Platonova Chapter 5. Prehistoric Archaeology in the 'Parliament of Science', 1845–1900 Tim Murray PART II : ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE Chapter 6. Wilamowitz and Stratigraphy in 1873: A Case Study in the History of Archaeology’s 'Great Divide' Giovanna Ceserani Chapter 7. Methodological Reflections on the History of Excavation Techniques Gisela Eberhardt Chapter 8. 'More than a Village'. On the Medieval Countryside as an Archaeological Field of Study Emma Bentz Chapter 9. Amateurs and Professionals in Nineteenth-Century Archaeology. The Case of the Oxford 'Antiquarian and Grocer' H.M.J. Underhill (1855–1920) Megan Price Chapter 10. Revisiting the 'Invisible College': José Ramón Mélida in Early Twentieth-Century Spain Margarita Díaz-Andreu Chapter 11. Between Sweden and Central Asia. Practising Archaeology in the 1920s and 1930s Jan Bergman Chapter 12. Model Excavations: ‘Performance’ and the Three-Dimensional Display of Knowledge Christopher Evans PART III : VISUALISING ARCHAEOLOGY Chapter 13. The Impossible Museum: Exhibitions of Archaeology as Reflections of Contemporary Ideologies Marcello Barbanera Chapter 14. Towards a More 'Scientific' Archaeological Tool: The Accurate Drawing of Greek Vases between the End of the Nineteenth- and the First Half of the Twentieth-Centuries Christine Walter Chapter 15. European Images of the Ancient Near East at the Beginnings of the Twentieth-Century Maria Gabriella Micale Chapter 16. Weaving Images. Juan Cabré and Spanish Archaeology in the First Half of the Twentieth-Century Susana González Reyero Chapter 17. Frozen in Time: Photography and the Beginnings of Modern Archaeology in the Netherlands Leo Verhart PART IV : QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY Chapter 18. Choosing Ancestors: The Mechanisms of Ethnic A scription in the Age of Patriotic Antiquarianism (1815–1850) Ulrike Sommer Chapter 19. Archaeology, Politics and Identity. The Case of the Canary Islands in the Nineteenth-Century José Farrujia de la Rosa Chapter 20. The Wagner Brothers: French Archaeologists and Origin Myths in Early Twentieth-Century Argentina Ana Teresa Martínez, Constanza Taboada and Luis Alejandro Auat Chapter 21. Language, Nationalism and the Identity of the Archaeologists: The Case of Juhani Rinne’s Professorship in the 1920s Visa Immonen and Jussi-Pekka Taavitsainen Chapter 22. Protohistory at the Portuguese Association of Archaeologists: A Question of National Identity? Ana Cristina Martins Chapter 23. Making Spain Hispanic. Gómez-Moreno and Iberian Archaeology Juan P. Bellón, Arturo Ruiz and Alberto Sánchez Chapter 24. Virchow and Kossinna. From the Science-Based Anthropology of Humankind to the Culture-Historical Archaeology of Peoples Sebastian Brather Chapter 25. Dutch Archaeology and National Socialism Martijn Eickhoff Index