Writing about Archaeology

Abstract

In this book, Graham Connah offers an overview of archaeological authorship: its diversity, its challenges, and its methodology. Based on his own experiences, he presents his personal views about the task of writing about archaeology. The book is not intended to be a technical manual. Instead, Connah aims to encourage archaeologists who write about their subject to think about the process of writing. He writes with the beginning author in mind, but the book will be of interest to all archaeologists who plan to publish their work. Connah's overall premise is that those who write about archaeology need to be less concerned with content and more concerned with how they present it. It is not enough to be a good archaeologist. One must also become a good writer and be able to communicate effectively. Archaeology, he argues, is above all a literary discipline.

Interdisciplinary Explorations of Postmortem Interaction: An Introduction

“…Gill et al, 2021). After all, the imperative to communicate a point of view in writing to a heterogeneous audience (Connah, 2010;Joyce, 2002) and the need for authentic cross-cultural translation (Carr & Weeks, 2021) make the social and human sciences literary disciplines as well. This trend in bioarchaeology not only proves the point that we pay a lot of attention to human remains in present-day society, but in this way the dead also inspire new forms of literary traditions.…”

What is ‘European Archaeology’? What Should it be?

“…And Italy has its peculiarities too, with its divided ties towards Europe and towards the Mediterranean, similar to the debate between Mitteleuropeanists and Mediterraneanists of the early twentieth century (Guidi, 1996;Broodbank, 2013). But all these local attitudes assume the appearance of philosophical details, and fade in the face of basically shared cultural and historical paradigms, still emerging from the European nation states cultural milieu, as evident, for example, in the relevance of the three-age system, whose standard definition is attributed to the north (Rowley-Conwy, 2007;Connah, 2010) but which reflects a common European attitude.…”

Eksplorasi Artefak Zaman Megalitikum Berdasarkan Citra Bawah Permukaan Menggunakan Metode Geolistrik Resistivitas di Dusun Kendal Desa Kamal Kec.Arjasa Kab. Jember

“…Pembagian zaman tersebut didasarkan pada penemuan benda yang ditinggalkan. Pembagian zaman tersebut terkenal dengan sebutan three age system (Connah, 2010).…”