Unit:
Department of History and ArchaeologyLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Milionis Christos
Dissertation committee:
Δ. Πλάντζος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Π. Βαλαβάνης, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Γ. Πάλλης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Βυζαντινής Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Γ. Βαβουρανάκης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Προϊστ. Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Γ. Παπαδάτος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Μ. Μούλιου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Μουσειολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Β. Αντωνιάδης, Εντεταλμένος Ερευνητής Γ’ Βαθμίδας, ΕΙΕ / ΙΙΕ / ΤΕΡΑ
Original Title:
Σωστική αρχαιολογία: η αρχαιολογία της σύγχρονης εποχής; Το παράδειγμα της Ελλάδας.
Translated title:
Rescue archaeology: an archaeology of the modern era? The paradigm of Greece.
Summary:
The term "rescue archeology" is used to describe the work carried out in situations where
antiquities are endangered, mostly because of changes taking place in the human and/or the natural environment. Interestingly, there are more than one names for this particular (sub-?)discipline: Americans refer to it as “salvage archaeology” (Darvill 2008: 400), while the British call it “rescue archaeology”; the French call it “archéologie preventive” (Demoule 2012), with the English translation ("preventive archaeology") appearing quite regularly as a blanket term in publications – the terms contract archaeology, developmental/development-led archeology, commercial or compliance archaeology are also widely used.
The main aim of this type of archaeological research is, at best, the protection and the conservation (or preservation) of the global archaeological heritage or, at worst, the collection of as much archaeological data as possible, in an attempt to satisfy both the need for knowledge of the human past and the interest of the general public. Consequently, rescue archaeology can be simply described as an attempt to study, record, and (if possible) protect the material remains of the past, in concordance to the human activity of the present and (to some extent) of the future. Rescue excavations constitute a significant part of archaeological fieldwork nowadays, especially in countries that are characterized by intense urbanization and/or sizable (and variable) developmental activity.
The following doctoral thesis will attempt to study the historical, legal and theoretical background of this rather misunderstood (yet ubiquitous) sub-discipline, as well as the aspects of its relationship with several other archaeological contexts – especially the ones of urban archaeology and social/societal archaeology. It will deal with case studies from around the globe, while emphasizing on a thorough examination of the way that rescue archaeology is carried out in the modern state of Greece. Particular emphasis will be shown on the issue of rescue excavations that take place in urban environments, through the ways in which rescue archeology interacts with the public, while simultaneously it influences the form and the shape of the modern urban fabric. The final aim of the thesis is to link this “contemporary” archaeology with several current theoretical concepts.
Main subject category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
rescue archaeology, salvage archaeology, preventive archaeology, contract archaeology, developmental/development-led archaeology, commercial archaeology, compliance archaeology, Greece; cultural heritage; archaeological heritage; CRM; archaeological excavation, techniques of, urban archaeology, social/societal archaeology, modernism, archaeological theory.
Number of references:
1.008
Number of pages:
i-x, 317, βιβλιογραφία, παράρτημα
