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The visual in archaeology: photographic representation of archaeological practice in British India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sudeshna Guha
Sudeshna Guha*
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Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, England.
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Extract

Photographs produced during archaeological fieldwork can be employed in shaping the nature of archaeological discourse in different parts of the world. Such photographs are material objects that at times show what written texts fail to say. The focus of this paper is on the photographs produced during archaeological surveys and excavations in British India between the last quarter of the 19th and middle of the 20th centuries.

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photographyrepresentationarchaeological practiceIndia
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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 291 , March 2002 , pp. 93 - 100
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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