Why those who shovel are silent : a history of local archaeological knowledge and labor
Allison Mickel (Author)
"Years of ethnographic work with current and former workers at two Middle Eastern archaeological sites combined with archival research. Describes the knowledge that locally-hired laborers possess about artifacts, excavation methods, and interpretation, showing that archaeological workers are experts-and are paid by archaeologists to pretend to be less knowledgeable"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2021
University Press of Colorado, Louisville, Colorado, 2021
xiii, 203 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
9781646421145, 9781646421268, 1646421140, 1646421264
1200581497
Local communities, labor, and laboratories
Site workers as specialists, site workers as supporters
Access to interpretation
Lucrative non-knowledge
Lucrative identities in global archaeological labor
Inclusive recording