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Balm, Roger, 1947-

Archaeology's visual culture : digging and desire / Roger Balm. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in archaeology ; 19 . - Routledge studies in archaeology ; 19. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1 Insistent visuality; A theoretical framework; The context of modernity; The chapters; Notes; References; 2 Scopic privilege and appropriation; Circulation of the archaeological story; Set in stone: Cesnola in Cyprus; Metrics and meaning: Squier in South America; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3 Stratigraphy; Diagrammatic picturing; Augustus Pitt Rivers and Cranborne; Mortimer Wheeler and the aesthetics of excavation; Harris matrix and the rope of time; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4 Imagination and the ruin Tatiana's chairEdgewalking; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 Aerial archaeology and its haunting; The aerial domain; Osbert Crawford and ghosts of old England; Ghosts of old Yucat�an; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Remote sensing and rocket visions; Visual continuities; Encounters beyond visible light; Desert traces; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 Wither the object?; The weightless past; Archaeological imagination; The wistfulness of the archaeological eye; Notes; References; Index

ISBN: 9781317377443 1317377443 9781317377436 (electronic bk.) 1317377435 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Archaeology--Philosophy--Case studies.
Archaeology--Psychological aspects--Case studies.
Archaeologists--Psychology--Case studies.
Visual perception--Case studies.
Visual communication--Case studies.
Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Case studies.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Case studies.
Archaeological museums and collections--Case studies.
HISTORY / Ancient / General

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: CC72 / .B35 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 930.1