Turning the Page. Archaeological Archives and Entangled Knowledge

Olympia Bobou, Rubina Raja, Maria Stamatopoulou (eds). Pages: xx + 486 p.Illustrations:676 b/w, 96 col., 9 tables b/w. Language(s):English. Publication Year:2025. Brepols. ISBN: 978-2-503-61685-8. Hardback TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations 1. Turning the Page: Critical Archival Studies and Archaeological Historiographies Olympia Bobou, Rubina Raja, and Maria Stamatopoulou 2. Alexandrian Archaeology (1798–1903): A ‘Local Archaeology’ Marie-Dominique Nenna 3. Revisiting Herzfeld’s Letters and Diaries from the Samarra Excavation 1911–1913 Miriam Kühn 4. The Infrastructure of an Excavation: Harald Ingholt’s Excavation Journals from Hama, Syria, 1931–1938 Anne Haslund Hansen and John Lund 5. In the Field and through the Archives: The 1928 American-British Campaign in Gerasa and the Excavation of the Church of St. Theodore Rubina Raja 6. Re-Assembling the Network: Richard Christensen and the 1872–1873 Purchase of Antiquities in Athens for the Copenhagen Collections Yannis Galanakis and Bente Bladsgaard Jensen 7. Where in the World are the Papademos Antiquities? A Search for the Stock of an Athenian Art Dealer of the Late Nineteenth/Early Twentieth Century Christina Avronidaki and Giorgos Kavvadias 8. ‘Grave Z’ at Demetrias and the Notorious Case of the Volos Gold Wreath: Arvanitopoulos’s Archives and Early Twentieth-Century Greek Archaeology Maria Stamatopoulou 9. The Archaeological Department of the Greek Governance of Smyrna (1919–1922): Archaeology in the War Zone through Archival Testimonies Chrysanthi Tsouli and Kostas Paschalidis 10. The Ephemeral City: Refugees Amongst Antiquities in Interwar Athens Athina Chatzidimitriou and Maria-Xeni Garezou 11. Visions of Epiros between Greece and Rome: Demetrios Evangelidis and Luigi Ugolini Oliver Gilkes and Milena Melfi 12. Antiquities, Diplomacy, and the Construction of Soft Power in Greek-US Political Relationships in the Beginning of the Cold War Era: A Perspective from Archival Research in Greece and the USA Nassos Papalexandrou 13. Archival Palimpsests: Investigating the History of Harald Ingholt’s Archive of Palmyrene Sculptures Olympia Bobou and Rubina Raja 14. Lord William Taylour: Parallel Lives in Greece and Cambridge Michael Loy 15. The Annotated Archive: Marginalia and Meaning in Following Pots Morag M. Kersel and Meredith S. Chesson 16. Gentlemen’s Agreements: Applying Contemporary Archaeological Ethics in an Archival Setting Jon M. Frey.…