Incidental Archaeologists: French Officers and the Rediscovery of Roman North Africa

by Bonnie Effros

Book Overview

In Incidental Archaeologists, Bonnie Effros examines the archaeological contributions of nineteenth-century French military officers, who, raised on classical accounts of warfare and often trained as cartographers, developed an interest in the Roman remains they encountered when commissioned in the colony of Algeria. By linking the study of the Roman past to French triumphant narratives of the conquest and occupation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501702106
• ISBN13: 9781501702105
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher