The archaeology of “celebrities” in the Greek and Roman worlds.
The debate about the identification of the house of Augustus on the Palatine hill or the controversy surrounding the occupant of Tomb 2 at Vergina or the recently excavated funerary complex at Amphipolis offers more than sufficient evidence for a public fascination with important historical personal...
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| description | The debate about the identification of the house of Augustus on the Palatine hill or the controversy surrounding the occupant of Tomb 2 at Vergina or the recently excavated funerary complex at Amphipolis offers more than sufficient evidence for a public fascination with important historical personalities. Yet, at the same time, disciplinary trends in archaeology have sought to emancipate the material record from historicizing narratives and to occlude or decanter the knowing subject. The archaeology of the individual has become, at best, a quaint, antiquarian pursuit and, at worst, a celebration of neo-conservative ideology. This article will consider a series of case-studies from the ancient Greek and Roman worlds with the aim of illuminating the viability - and desirability - of practicing an archaeology of famous individuals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-257f1f86038e40f599d611968512db522022-12-22T04:07:30ZengUniversity of Oslo LibraryActa ad Archaeologiam et Artium Historiam Pertinentia0065-09002611-36862019-03-013016 N.S.10.5617/acta.6875The archaeology of “celebrities” in the Greek and Roman worlds.Jonathan M. Hall0The University of ChicagoThe debate about the identification of the house of Augustus on the Palatine hill or the controversy surrounding the occupant of Tomb 2 at Vergina or the recently excavated funerary complex at Amphipolis offers more than sufficient evidence for a public fascination with important historical personalities. Yet, at the same time, disciplinary trends in archaeology have sought to emancipate the material record from historicizing narratives and to occlude or decanter the knowing subject. The archaeology of the individual has become, at best, a quaint, antiquarian pursuit and, at worst, a celebration of neo-conservative ideology. This article will consider a series of case-studies from the ancient Greek and Roman worlds with the aim of illuminating the viability - and desirability - of practicing an archaeology of famous individuals.https://journals.uio.no/acta/article/view/6875archaeologyclassical archaeologyurban archaeologysociologycelebritiesAugustus Emperor of Rome |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan M. Hall The archaeology of “celebrities” in the Greek and Roman worlds. Acta ad Archaeologiam et Artium Historiam Pertinentia archaeology classical archaeology urban archaeology sociology celebrities Augustus Emperor of Rome |
| title | The archaeology of “celebrities” in the Greek and Roman worlds. |
| title_full | The archaeology of “celebrities” in the Greek and Roman worlds. |
| title_fullStr | The archaeology of “celebrities” in the Greek and Roman worlds. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The archaeology of “celebrities” in the Greek and Roman worlds. |
| title_short | The archaeology of “celebrities” in the Greek and Roman worlds. |
| title_sort | archaeology of celebrities in the greek and roman worlds |
| topic | archaeology classical archaeology urban archaeology sociology celebrities Augustus Emperor of Rome |
| url | https://journals.uio.no/acta/article/view/6875 |
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