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Christopher Hawkes: his archive and networks in British and European archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2009

Margarita Díaz-Andreu
Affiliation:
Margarita Díaz-Andreu, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. E-mail: m.diaz-andreu@durham.ac.uk
Megan Price
Affiliation:
Megan Price, Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK. E-mail: megan.price@arch.ox.ac.uk
Chris Gosden
Affiliation:
Chris Gosden, Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK. E-mail: chris.gosden@arch.ox.ac.uk

Abstract

This paper reviews the contribution of Professor Christopher Hawkes, FSA, to the development of Bronze and Iron Age studies in the decades before and – more especially – after World War ii. It also provides an overview and analysis of the Hawkes Papers, kept in the Bodleian Library, and particularly of the general correspondence section, with a view to assessing the potential of this documentation for the study of the development of British prehistoric archaeology within its European context. Examination of the first thirty-one boxes of the archive situates Hawkes at the interface between several networks of individuals and communities of interest, including amateurs, professional archaeologists and his own students.

Résumé

Cet article évalue l’apport du professeur christopher hawkes, fsa, au développement des études sur l’âge du bronze et sur l’âge du fer pendant les décennies précédant et – tout particulièrement – suivant la deuxième guerre mondiale. Il fournit également une vue d’ensemble et une analyse des écrits de hawkes, conservés à la bibliothèque bodléienne [bodleian library], et tout particulièrement de la correspondance générale, dans le but d’évaluer le potentiel de cette documentation pour l’étude du développement de l’archéologie préhistorique britannique quand on la situe dans son contexte européen. L’examen des trente-et-une premières boîtes de cette archive situe hawkes dans l’interface entre plusieurs réseaux d’individus et d’intérêts similaires, au nombre desquels se trouvent des amateurs, des archéologues de métier et ses propres étudiants.

Zusammenfassung

Dieser Bericht beurteilt den Beitrag, den Professor Christopher Hawkes, FSA (Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries—dt.: Mitglied der Gesellschaft für Altertumsforschung) zur Entwicklung der bronze- und eisenzeitlichen Forschung in den Jahrzehnten vor und insbesondere nach dem 2. Weltkrieg geleistet hat. Er vermittelt einen Überblick und Analyse der Hawkes Schriften, die sich in der Bodleian Bibliothek der Universität Oxford befinden, hauptsächlich in der Abteilung für allgemeinen Schriftverkehr, und es soll das Potential beurteilt werden, das diese Dokumente für die Studie der Entwicklung britischer frühgeschichtlicher Archäologie innerhalb ihres europäischen Kontexts haben. Eine Untersuchung der ersten einundreißig Archivboxen platziert Hawkes an der Schnittstelle von verschiedenen Verbunden von Einzelpersonen und Interessengemeinschaften, inklusive Amateuren, Berufsarchäologen und seinen eigenen Studenten.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2009

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