Bureaucratic archaeology : state, science, and past in postcolonial India
Avikunthak, Ashish
Bureaucratic archaeology : state, science, and past in postcolonial India - New Delhi Cambridge University Press 2021 - xxxiv,328p.
Contents
List of Figures xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xxvii
Note on Transliteration xxxi
List of Abbreviations xxxiii
1. Anthropology of Archaeology 1
2. The Making of the Indus-Saraswati Civilization 33
3. Bureaucratic Hierarchy in the ASI 70
4. Spatial Formation of the Archaeological Field 102
5. Epistemological Formation of the Archaeological Site 128
6. Theory of Archaeological Excavation 153
7. Making of the Archaeological Artifact 178
8. Performance of Archaeological Representations 205
9. The Absent Excavation Reports 227
Conclusion 259
Bibliography 267
Index 314
9781316512395
Doorways
Sacred space
Archaeological Survey of India
Antiquities
Archaeology--Political aspects
Excavations (Archaeology)
Solar energy
934.01 / AVI
Bureaucratic archaeology : state, science, and past in postcolonial India - New Delhi Cambridge University Press 2021 - xxxiv,328p.
Contents
List of Figures xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xxvii
Note on Transliteration xxxi
List of Abbreviations xxxiii
1. Anthropology of Archaeology 1
2. The Making of the Indus-Saraswati Civilization 33
3. Bureaucratic Hierarchy in the ASI 70
4. Spatial Formation of the Archaeological Field 102
5. Epistemological Formation of the Archaeological Site 128
6. Theory of Archaeological Excavation 153
7. Making of the Archaeological Artifact 178
8. Performance of Archaeological Representations 205
9. The Absent Excavation Reports 227
Conclusion 259
Bibliography 267
Index 314
9781316512395
Doorways
Sacred space
Archaeological Survey of India
Antiquities
Archaeology--Political aspects
Excavations (Archaeology)
Solar energy
934.01 / AVI