Crosslisted on HISTARCH, ARCH-L, and AIA-L. You may wish to delete now. Thanks to all who responded to my question. Here are the replies which had leads. I have removed most of the salutations and the "address/mail info". I have kept an unretouched file if anyone discovers material missing which they would like to have. John Floyd SUNY Buffalo Anthropology [log in to unmask] Question posed: Does any one know what use (if any) archaeologist (especially French archaeologists) working on medieval sites have for the *Annales* school of history (Lucien Febvre, Marc Bloch, Fernand Braudel, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, &c.)? I am sending this to Histarch, Arch-L, and AIA-L. Please disseminate to other lists you believe would be appropriate. Please send a copy of messages not posted on Histarch, Arch-L, or AIA-L to me because I may not get them otherwise. Thanks for any help you can provide. John Floyd Anthropology, University at Buffalo e-mail: [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ ___________ I was glad to read your question about archaeology in France and the Annales school, since we have recently been trying to use an Annales-influenced approach to medieval (and earlier) period archaeology in southern Burgundy. Because of limitations on government-issued excavation permits and on money (what else is new), the work has been pretty tentative, but interesting so far. An article by French archaeologists who discuss Annales and its relative lack of influence in France is Cleuziou, Serge, Anick Coudart, J-P Demoule, and Alain Schnapp 1991 The Use of Theory in French Archaeology. In *Archaeological Theory in Europe: The Last Three Decades* edited by Ian Hodder. Routledge. Their opinion is that "it is striking to see how limited a role archaeology has played in the Annales, despite Febvre and Bloch's efforts and Braudel's interest in medieval culture" (page 114). They do mention some Annales-based archaeological works, mostly medieval, such as Chapelot and Fossier's *Village and House in the Middle Ages.* Hope this helps. What are you doing that involves archaeology and Annales? I'd be interested to hear. Tom Hargrove Dept. of Anthropology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill _________________________________________________________________ __________ I assume you've checked out the 2 most recent books--The Annales School and Archaeology, ed John Bintliff, and the more recent one by A. Bernard Knapp, which I've been unable to get out of the library, so I couldn't tell you if it's of any help. If you do assemble any kind of bibliography, I'd be most interested in it, since I do early medieval (Britain), and I've started delving into the Annalistes last year, although I can;t say I've gotten very far. Thanks. --Christine Flaherty [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ ________ Saw your message on aia net. You should contact Bailey Young at History Dept, Eastern Illinois. He is an American with extensive medieval site experience in France. He knows the French arch scene better than any other American I know. Also try Carole Crumley, Anthro UNC _________________________________________________________________ _________ I don't know about other people, but I certainly use the idea of the Longue Duree and so forth in my own work (on changes in the standard of living of peasants in Spain associated with the end of the Roman Empire). I have used all of the authors you mention, and I even went so far as to meet Marc Bloch once (though I bet he doesn't remember me!). The problem is, I think, that most archaeologists/classicists don't categorize themselves that way. I was always baffled by this question (what school do you follow?) until I started hanging out more with anthropologists. Karen Eva Carr History Department Portland State University Portland Oregon 97203 (503) 725-5472 [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ _________ I have found that many European medieval archaeologists, particulary those in France and England, share basic outlook with the Annalistes. Braudel is a popular citation - see any of Richard Hodges's books on Dark Age economy. As a medieval archaeologist working with shipwreck material, I find the Annaliste work on relationships between economy and social structure fairly useful. I hope this helps. Sincerely, Fred Hocker Yamini Faculty Fellow in Nautical Archaeology Texas A&M University _________________________________________________________________ _______ Try: Bintliff,J, ed. 1991. The Annales School and Archaeology. Leicester University Press, Leicester. Knapp, B, ed. 1992. Archaeology, Annales and Ethnohistory. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Susan Lawrence Cheney Archaeology Flinders University Adelaide, Australia