Artefacts of History
Guha, Sudeshna.
Artefacts of History / Sudeshna Guha. - Los Angeles : Sage Publications , 2015. - xiii, 273p. : 24cm.
Through little-known histories of the practices, governance and scholarship of the archaeology of India, this book re-examines the manner in which the past is recalled and historicized. It guides us to think afresh of the histories of antiquarianism in South Asia, explore the impetus of collecting and curatorial practices within the scholarship of pre-colonial India, and investigate the diverse linkages within the histories of Indian archaeology. It encourages a focus upon issues of historiography, methodology and notions of evidence and looks in to the responsibilities and changing needs of the academic scholarship of archaeology.
9789351501640
Antiquities
Archaeology
Historiography
954.0072 GUH
Artefacts of History / Sudeshna Guha. - Los Angeles : Sage Publications , 2015. - xiii, 273p. : 24cm.
Through little-known histories of the practices, governance and scholarship of the archaeology of India, this book re-examines the manner in which the past is recalled and historicized. It guides us to think afresh of the histories of antiquarianism in South Asia, explore the impetus of collecting and curatorial practices within the scholarship of pre-colonial India, and investigate the diverse linkages within the histories of Indian archaeology. It encourages a focus upon issues of historiography, methodology and notions of evidence and looks in to the responsibilities and changing needs of the academic scholarship of archaeology.
9789351501640
Antiquities
Archaeology
Historiography
954.0072 GUH
