This book uncovers an endemic link between micro-practice of archaeology in the trenches of Archaeological Survey of India to the manufacture of archaeological knowledge wielded in the making of political and religious identity by Indian state and summoned as indelible evidence in the juridical adjudication in the highest Indian courts.
This book uncovers an endemic link between micro-practice of archaeology in the trenches of Archaeological Survey of India to the manufacture of archaeological knowledge wielded in the making of political and religious identity by Indian state and summoned as indelible evidence in the juridical adjudication in the highest Indian courts.
Ashish Avikunthak is an Associate Professor of Film/Media at the Harrington School of Communication and Media, the University of Rhode Island. He is a filmmaker and a cultural anthropologist. His scholarly works have been published in the Journal of Social Archaeology, Journal of Material Culture, Contributions to Indian Sociology and The Indian Economic and Social History Review among other publications. He has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Stanford University and before coming to URI, he had taught at Yale University.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Anthropology of archaeology 2. Making of the Indus-Saraswati civilization 3. Bureaucratic hierarchy in the ASI 4. Spatial formation of the archaeological field 5. Epistemological formation of the archaeological site 6. Theory of archaeological excavation 7. Making of the archaeological artifact 8. Performance of archaeological representations 9. The absent excavation reports Conclusion Index.
Preface 1. Anthropology of archaeology 2. Making of the Indus-Saraswati civilization 3. Bureaucratic hierarchy in the ASI 4. Spatial formation of the archaeological field 5. Epistemological formation of the archaeological site 6. Theory of archaeological excavation 7. Making of the archaeological artifact 8. Performance of archaeological representations 9. The absent excavation reports Conclusion Index.
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