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      Excavating the Archive / Archiving the Excavation: Archival Processes and Contexts in Archaeology

      Advances in Archaeological Practice
      Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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          This article focuses on the production of archaeological knowledge within the fieldwork archive. Archaeological archives do not always reflect the reality of evidence uncovered during fieldwork processes or even the fieldwork processes themselves. This includes the many different agents and agencies, which are crucial to the construction of archaeological knowledge and their representation—or lack of representation—in the archive. Archaeological archives impose restrictions on how knowledge is included in a collection, the way it is recorded, and the fieldwork processes used. Therefore, this article considers the way in which the processes of archival documentation produce, transform, and construct archaeological knowledge. The main examples are from the British School of Archaeology in Egypt's excavations at Abydos between 1921 and 1922, often referred to as the Tombs of the Courtiers and directed by Flinders Petrie. Looking at the different contexts of an excavation archive, from before its creation to its ongoing curation and use, can reveal significant aspects not just of the history of archaeology but also on many of the ongoing recording methods and processes still used in the field today.

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          Este artículo se centra en la producción de conocimiento arqueológico dentro del archivo. Los archivos arqueológicos no reflejan necesariamente la realidad de la evidencia descubierta. Esto incluye los muchos agentes y agencias diferentes que son cruciales para la construcción del conocimiento arqueológico y su representación, o falta de representación, en el archivo. Los archivos arqueológicos imponen restricciones sobre cómo se incluye el conocimiento en una colección. Por eso, este artículo considera cómo los archivos producen, transforman y construyen conocimiento arqueológico. Los principales ejemplos son de British School of Archaeology in Egypt en las excavaciones en Abydos entre 1921 y 1922, a las que a menudo se hace referencia como las Tombs of the Courtiers y dirigidas por Flinders Petrie. Mirar los contextos diferentes de un archivo de excavación, desde antes de su creación, hasta su conservación y uso en curso en la actualidad, puede revelar aspectos significativos de la historia de la arqueología.

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                Journal
                Advances in Archaeological Practice
                Adv. archaeol. pract.
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                2326-3768
                May 2022
                April 19 2022
                May 2022
                : 10
                : 2
                : 160-176
                Article
                10.1017/aap.2022.1
                d4458949-fa7d-47d2-8ea7-8f54a811df87
                © 2022

                https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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