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Date: | Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:35:50 -0700 |
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Some reasons why British colonial arcaheology in the east is undeveloped
1) The classical tradition means that British archaeologists can get money
to work in Greece and Italy but not India.
This is despite the fact I live in an English city which may soon have an
Asian majority. For that matter Bristish academics find problems getting
money to work in Britain from the research bodies who can't get their brains
round archaeology of the recent past.
2). Mortimer Wheeler & Co infected Asian archaeology with similar
"Classical" preoccupations.
3). Most Colonial countries still have hangups about colonialism. Even such
a historically sophisticated country as Eire (the one country I know where
history books are best sellers) was letting its Georgian buildings be
demolished until recent decades on the grounds they were the architecture of
oppression. Hopefully the new post-medieval group there will be a raging
success.
4). Also in poor countries only tourism opportunities is likely to divert
much money to conservation.
5). Most Europeans have gone to the Caribbean to do colonial archaeology-
possibly because of cheaper airfares, the sun and sand and relative safety
(say compared to Indonesia) but probably mostly because of opportunities
linked to the development of tourism. Political relations in the Caribbean
also often remain stronger with Europe than in much of Asia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "david galletti" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 5:08 PM
Subject: INDIA
> Hi Folks
>
> About a year ago I thin I asked on this list whether any work had been
done on
> British colonial presence in India- I got several VERY useful results, but
as
> I am not easily able to get to libraries and keep a track on what is
happening
> in this field I thought I would re-issue my plea and see if any furtehr
work
> has been carried out in the last year
>
> Any general work on British colonial ventures in Africal or
south/south-east
> asia would be very valued
>
> as a more general question why is British/colonial archaeology in (and I
used
> the phrase tentatively) 'white' colonies more advanced than
> colonial/historical archaeology in Africa/Asia? Various obvious
> social/socio-political/historical reasons spring to mind, but has any
> historiographical work concerning this issue been done
> waiting to here
> d galletti
> :)
>
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