The Oxford Handbook of Museum Archaeology
, by Stevenson, AliceNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780198847526 | 0198847521
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/22/2022
Alice Stevenson, Associate Professor, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Alice Stevenson is an Associate Professor of Museum Studies at UCL Institute of Archaeology. She has previously held positions as Curator of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology in London and Researcher in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. Her specialist area
of expertise is Egyptian archaeology collections and she has led the major research projects 'Artefacts of Excavation' and 'Egypt's Dispersed Heritage'.
Introduction: Museum Archaeology, Alice Stevenson
A. Collecting, Categorizing, and Challenging Histories
1. Recovering the History of Archaeology in Museums, Géraldine Delley and Nathan Schlanger
2. Emotion, Affective Practice, and the Taking of Indigenous Ancestral Remains, Cressida Fforde, Jilda Andrews, Edward Halealoha Ayau, Madalyn Grant, Laurajane Smith, and Paul Turnbull
3. Emotion and the Return of Ancestors: Repatriation as Affective Practice, Cressida Fforde, Jilda Andrews, Edward Halealoha Ayau, Laurajane Smith, and Paul Turnbull
B. Contemporary Agencies of Curation and Communities of Practice
4. Museums and the Market: Passive Facilitation of the Illicit Trade in Antiquities, Donna Yates and Emiline Smith
5. Affective Museums: The practice of Collecting Archaeological Artefacts in the Brazilian Amazon, Marcia Bezerra and Luzia Gomes Ferreira
6. De-centring Museums in Indigenous Community Engagement: Contemporary Maya Art, Thought, and Archaeological collections, Laura Osorio Sunnucks
7. Enabled Archaeology in the Field, in Museums, and the Visitor Experience, Abigail Hunt and Tom Kitchen
8. Conservation after Conflict: Rebuilding A Heritage Community in Iraq, Jessica S. Johnson and Brian Michael Lione
C. Locating Museums and Collections
9. Site Museums and Archaeology, Georgios Papaioannou
10. Contested Heritage and Absent Objects: Archaeological Representation at Ghana's Forts and Castles, Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann
11. Finding Space to Store Archaeological Collections: Challenges and Progress in the United States, S. Terry Childs
12. Victims or Victors: Universal Museums and the Debate on Return and Restitution, Africa's Perspective, George Okello Abungu
D. Alternative Materialities: Beyond Finds
13. Unlocking the Potential of Archaeological Archives, Gail Boyle
14. Museum Replicas: Recovering the Work of Making Plaster Casts of Pre-Columbian Art, Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye
15. Photographic Practices in Museum Archaeology, Stephanie Klamm
16. Listening to Archaeology Museums, John Kannenberg
E. Fieldwork in the Museum
17. Recreating Context for Museum Collections Using Digital Technologies as a Form of Curation, Simon Holdaway, Josh Emmitt, and Rebecca Phillipps
18. Ethnographic Collections and Archaeological Analysis, James L. Flexner
19. Scientific Investigation of Museum Objects: Planning, Analysis, and Wider Impact, Patrick Sean Quinn
20. Conservation and the Care of Human Remains in Museums, Barbara Wills
F. Exhibitionary Cultures
21. Museums and Archaeological Exhibitions: History, Institution and Reality in China, Siyu Wang and Kan Hang
22. Telling stories at the Ashmolean Museum: An Ancient Middle East gallery for the Twenty-First Century?, Paul Collins
23. The Archaeology of Qatar Gallery at the National Museum of Qatar, Karen Exell
24. Representing Field Practices in Display: The Curious Case of Çatalhöyük, Duygu Tarkan and Syda Çetin
25. Archaeology Displays in Universities: The Role of Museums and Archaeology Displays in Ghana, Gertrude A. M. Eyifa-Dzidzienyo
G. Expanding and Transcending the Museum: Social Justice and Digital Frontiers
26. Engaging Contemporary Social Issues in the Museum Through Archaeological Collections, Paolo Del Vesco
27. Transcending and Expanding the Walls of the Museum: Digital Pivot, Digital by Default, Digital Transformation, Daniel Pett
28. Cooperative Platforms for Curating and Managing Digitally Recorded Finds Data: Metal-detecting and FindSampo in Finland, Ville Rohiola and Jutta Kuitunen
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