Comment on Ray Laurence, ‘Roman Narratives…’
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Published:2001-12
Issue:2
Volume:8
Page:102-104
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ISSN:1380-2038
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Container-title:Archaeological Dialogues
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Arch. Dial.
Author:
Snodgrass Anthony
Abstract
Greek and Roman archaeology as a whole are often accused of being ‘text-based’ or ‘text-driven’. At a superficial level, this is palpably false: most Classical archaeologists do most of their research without consulting an ancient text for days and sometimes weeks on end, and this is especially true of Romano-British archaeologists. Everyone, except perhaps for a few militant prehistorians, knows this perfectly well. Ray Laurence does not fall into this trap. Instead, he rightly directs us to the deeper level of discourse, narratives and arguments; and hints more briefly at a deeper one still, that of ‘interests and preoccupations’.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Archeology,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Geography, Planning and Development