Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae, by C.C. Parslow. Cambridge University Press, 1995
Rediscovering Antiquity is an example of the genre of historical writing which seeks to recast the careers of little-known figures who have fallen into obscurity. This is typically intended to move them and their work into the proper "lineage," that is,...
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| description | Rediscovering Antiquity is an example of the genre of historical
writing which seeks to recast the careers of little-known figures who have fallen into
obscurity. This is typically intended to move them and their work into the proper
"lineage," that is, the select group of ancestral figures from which modern practices
are derived. Parslow is interested in the 18th century excavations of the Vesuvian
cities, which, he argues, have been misunderstood by historians of archaeology. Indeed,
common sources, such as Daniel (1981:55), describe the initial explorations of Pompeii,
Herculaneum, and Stabiae, sponsored by the Bourbon kings of Naples as "...treasure hunts
and not serious excavations." While the Roman artifacts removed from the sites are
credited with spurring interest in antiquity in Enlightenment Europe, modern scholars
have until now devoted little attention to the means through which they were
recovered. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff56fc4a126d46fc8ab67a358a34177c2022-12-21T22:45:09ZengUbiquity PressBulletin of the History of Archaeology1062-47402047-69301997-11-0172464710.5334/bha.07213321Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae, by C.C. Parslow. Cambridge University Press, 1995James E. Snead0Department of Anthropology, University of ArizonaRediscovering Antiquity is an example of the genre of historical writing which seeks to recast the careers of little-known figures who have fallen into obscurity. This is typically intended to move them and their work into the proper "lineage," that is, the select group of ancestral figures from which modern practices are derived. Parslow is interested in the 18th century excavations of the Vesuvian cities, which, he argues, have been misunderstood by historians of archaeology. Indeed, common sources, such as Daniel (1981:55), describe the initial explorations of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae, sponsored by the Bourbon kings of Naples as "...treasure hunts and not serious excavations." While the Roman artifacts removed from the sites are credited with spurring interest in antiquity in Enlightenment Europe, modern scholars have until now devoted little attention to the means through which they were recovered.http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/323 |
| spellingShingle | James E. Snead Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae, by C.C. Parslow. Cambridge University Press, 1995 Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
| title | Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum,
Pompeii, and Stabiae, by C.C. Parslow. Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| title_full | Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum,
Pompeii, and Stabiae, by C.C. Parslow. Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| title_fullStr | Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum,
Pompeii, and Stabiae, by C.C. Parslow. Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum,
Pompeii, and Stabiae, by C.C. Parslow. Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| title_short | Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum,
Pompeii, and Stabiae, by C.C. Parslow. Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| title_sort | rediscovering antiquity karl weber and the excavation of herculaneum pompeii and stabiae by c c parslow cambridge university press 1995 |
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