The Oxford Handbook of the History of Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Archaeology offers comprehensive perspectives on the origins and developments of the discipline of archaeology and the direction of future advances in the field. Written by thirty-six archaeologists and historians from all over the world, it covers a wide range of themes and debates, including biographical accounts of key figures, scientific techniques and archaeological fieldwork practices, institutional contexts, and the effects of religion, nationalism, and colonialism on the development of archaeology.

Auteur

Margarita Díaz-Andreu works for the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies as an ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona. Her previous books include A World History of Nineteenth-Century Archaeology: Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Past and A History of Archaeological Tourism: Pursuing Leisure and Knowledge from the Eighteenth Century to World War II. Laura Coltofean is an archaeologist and historian specializing in the history of archaeology. She is a member of Research Cluster 5: History of Archaeology at the German Archaeological Institute. Her edited volumes include Interdisciplinarity and Archaeology: Scientific Interactions in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Archaeology (with Margarita Díaz-Andreu).