Contents
List of Abbreviations xiii
List of Maps xiv
- An Alternative Account of the History of Archaeology in the
Nineteenth Century 1
PART I. THE EARLY ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE
GREAT CIVILIZATIONS- Antiquities and Political Prestige in the Early Modern Era 29
- The Archaeology of the French Revolution 60
- Archaeology and the 1820 Liberal Revolution: The Past in
the Independence of Greece and Latin American Nations 79
PART II. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF INFORMAL
IMPERIALISM- Informal Imperialism in Europe and the Ottoman Empire:
The Consolidation of the Mythical Roots of the West 99 - Biblical Archaeology 131
- Informal Imperialism beyond Europe: The Archaeology
of the Great Civilizations in Latin America, China, and Japan 167
PART III. COLONIAL ARCHAEOLOGY- Colonialism and Monumental Archaeology in South and
Southeast Asia 209 - Classical versus Islamic Antiquities in Colonial Archaeology:
The Russian Empire and French North Africa 245 - Colonialism and the Archaeology of the Primitive 278
PART IV. NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN EUROPE- The Early Search for a National Past in Europe (1789–1820) 317