Archaeological Sites and Local Places: Connecting the Dots
Authors: Stroulia, Anna1; Sutton, Susan Buck2
Source: Public Archaeology, Volume 8, Numbers 2-3, August 2009 , pp. 124-140(17)
Publisher: Maney Publishing
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Abstract:
Greece is a country awash in antiquities. Yet, archaeological sites leave many of those who live near them indifferent, confused, antagonistic, or resentful. In this essay, we trace the origins of such disconnection (landscape dissonance as we call it) to the ways European travellers from the 17th century onward experienced, described, and depicted ancient sites as separate from the local living landscape. The ways sites have been developed and archaeological fieldwork practised in Greece has perpetuated this disconnection. We argue that to reconnect the dots archaeologists should not only engage local communities in a collaborative process of site investigation and development, but also show genuine interest in local lives and concerns, beyond any connection to the past and to archaeology.Keywords: GREECE; LOCAL COMMUNITIES; FRANCHTHI CAVE; NEMEA; COLLABORATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1179/175355309X457187
Affiliations: 1: University of Southern Indiana, USA 2: Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 902 West New York Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;, Email: ssutton@iupui.edu
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