Archaeology Under Dictatorship

by Michael L. Galaty and Charles Watkinson

Book Overview

Archaeological knowledge is not created in a vacuum and our understanding of the past is profoundly affected by political ideologies. In fact, a relationship between politics and archaeology develops to some degree in every nation, regardless of social and economic circumstances.

The connections between politics and archaeology become most visible, however, within a totalitarian dictatorship, when a dictator seeks to create and legitimize...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306485087
• ISBN13: 9780306485084
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"