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ToolsCarruthers, William (2019) Credibility, civility, and the archaeological dig house in mid-1950’s Egypt. Journal of Social Archaeology, 19 (2). pp. 255-276. ISSN 1741-2951
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Abstract
This article argues that forms of civility governing who possessed the credibility to carry out archaeological fieldwork in Egypt changed during the post-Second World War era of decolonization. Incorporating Arabic sources, the article focuses on the preparation of a dig house used during an excavation run by the Egyptian Department of Antiquities and the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania at the site of Mit Rahina, Egypt, in the mid-1950s. The study demonstrates how the colonial genealogies of such structures converged with political changes heralded by the rise of Egypt's President Nasser. Preparing the dig house, Euro-American archaeologists involved with the excavation had to abide by social norms practiced by the Egyptians who had recently taken charge of the Department of Antiquities. Given that these norms often perpetuated older hierarchies of race, gender, and class, however, the article questions what the end of colonialism actually meant for archaeology in Egypt and elsewhere.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | civility,egypt,class,credibility,decolonization,dig house,gender,race,arts and humanities (miscellaneous),archaeology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1201 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Art History and World Art Studies |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2018 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 09:50 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69170 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1469605318824689 |
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