Between Text and Artifact: Integrating Archaeology in Biblical Studies Teaching (Archaeology and Biblical Studies)

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Thesecaveatsaside,it ishopedthatsomeofthefollowingmaterials

wiUassisttheinstructortoaddarchaeologicalknowledgetohisorhercon-

stellation ofdisciplines and thus enable the studentto experience a

textured,andperhapssurprising,viewontheculturesIhatproducedthe

biblicaltexts.

ONPEDAGOGYANDARCHAEOLOGY

Fagan,BrianM."EducationIsWhat'sLefl:SomeThoughtsonIntroductory

Archaeology."Antiquity 74 (2000):190--213.Thisarticleprovidesa pointed

commentary on the need for "new deliverymethods~in courses that

employarchaeologicaldata,withsuggestionsforthemediaelementsthat

thecoursematerialsshouldcontain.Inaddition,therearcusefulsugges-

tionsforthewaysinwhichhumandiversityindicatedinthearchaeological

recordcanbeusedtoaddappealingdimensionstothecoursefromthe

students'pointsofview.

Jenkins,Clare."RecordingtheStones."TimesEducationalSupplement 4058
(8April1994):10.Theauthordocumentsanattempttoexposestudentsto
archaeologicalfieldworkintheUnitedKingdominwhichstudentswere
requiredtorecordcardullyandsystematicallythefindingsoftheirown
excavationwork.

MacKenzie, Robert,and PeterStone."Introduction:TheConceptofrhe

ExcludedPast."Pages1-14in TheExc/udedPast:ArchaeologyinEduca-

tion.EditedbyP.Stone<lndR.MacKenzie.London:UnwinHyman,1990.

Thisbriefexpositionexplainswhythe"excludedpasts~ofbothpreliterate

societiesandofminorityoroppressedgroupsisanessentialtopicofstudy

andhowthedisciplineofarchaeologyisspeciallysuitedtoaddressthem.

Malone,Caroline."EducationinArchaeology."Antiquity 74 (2000):122-26.

ThisistheintroductoryarticletoanAntiquityissuedevotedspecificallyto

addressingaspectsofarchaeologyineducation,"fromitsusein primary

andsecondaryschooltocollegesanduniversitiesandbeyondintoprofes+

sionalandteachertraining."Aninternationalperspectiveisevidencedin

thecommentaryofthecontributors,asisaninterestindevelopingboth

theoreticalandpracticalknowledge.

Pretty,Kale."F;KtsandSkills:ArchaeologyinTeacherTraining."Antiquity

74 (2000): 214-18. Renecting on herexperiencesupervisinginterning

teachers,theauthorexplainshowteachersofhistorywhoarecomfortable

workingwithliterarysourcescallenrichtheircourseswitharchaeological