Credibility, civility, and the archaeological dig house in mid-1950’s Egypt

IF 1.6 2区 历史学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY
W. Carruthers
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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.
诚信、文明和20世纪50年代中期埃及的考古挖掘室
本文认为,在第二次世界大战后的非殖民化时代,统治埃及考古田野调查的文明形式发生了变化。这篇文章结合了阿拉伯语资料,重点介绍了20世纪50年代中期,埃及文物部和宾夕法尼亚大学博物馆在埃及Mit Rahina遗址进行挖掘时使用的挖掘房屋的准备工作。这项研究展示了这种结构的殖民家谱是如何与埃及总统纳赛尔崛起所预示的政治变革融合在一起的。在准备挖掘房屋时,参与挖掘的欧美考古学家必须遵守埃及人的社会规范,他们最近负责文物部。然而,考虑到这些规范往往使古老的种族、性别和阶级等级制度永久化,这篇文章质疑殖民主义的结束对埃及和其他地方的考古究竟意味着什么。
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3.10
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8.30%
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Social Archaeology is a fully peer reviewed international journal that promotes interdisciplinary research focused on social approaches in archaeology, opening up new debates and areas of exploration. It engages with and contributes to theoretical developments from other related disciplines such as feminism, queer theory, postcolonialism, social geography, literary theory, politics, anthropology, cognitive studies and behavioural science. It is explicitly global in outlook with temporal parameters from prehistory to recent periods. As well as promoting innovative social interpretations of the past, it also encourages an exploration of contemporary politics and heritage issues.
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