A World History of Nineteenth-century Archaeology : Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Past

List of Abbreviations xiii List of Maps xiv An Alternative Account of the History of Archaeology in the Nineteenth Century 1(28) PART I. THE EARLY ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GREAT CIVILIZATIONS Antiquities and Political Prestige in the Early Modern Era 29(31) The Archaeology of the French Revolution 60(19) Archaeology and the 1820 Liberal Revolution: The Past in the Independence of Greece and Latin American Nations 79(20) PART II. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF INFORMAL IMPERIALISM Informal Imperialism in Europe and the Ottoman Empire: The Consolidation of the Mythical Roots of the West 99(32) Biblical Archaeology 131(36) Informal Imperialism beyond Europe: The Archaeology of the Great Civilizations in Latin America, China, and Japan 167(42) PART III. COLONIAL ARCHAEOLOGY Colonialism and Monumental Archaeology in South and Southeast Asia 209(36) Classical versus Islamic Antiquities in Colonial Archaeology: The Russian Empire and French North Africa 245(33) Colonialism and the Archaeology of the Primitive 278(39) PART IV. NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN EUROPE The Early Search for a National Past in Europe (1789-1820) 317(21) Archaeology and the Liberal Revolutions (c. 1820-1860): Nation, Race, and Language in the Study of Europe's Past 338(30) Evolutionism and Positivism (c. 1860-1900) 368(30) Conclusions 398(11) Maps 409(5) References 414(47) Index 461