%0 Journal Article
%T Towards a Socio-Political History of Archaeology in the Middle East: The Development of Archaeological Practice and Its Impacts on Local Communities in Syria
%A Laurence Gillot
%J Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
%D 2010
%I Ubiquity Press
%R 10.5334/bha.20102
%X No longer is Archaeology regarded as a neutral or a purely scientific discipline, but as a process influenced by the aims of its practitioners, who are, in turn, deeply affected by contemporary intellectual, social and political agendas. As well, research undertaken on archaeological practice in non-western settings, that is closely related to colonial issues, has highlighted how archaeology could be a tool of scientific, cultural, political and socio-economic domination (e.g. Diaz-Andreu 2007; Kane 2003; Silberman 1989; Trigger 1984).
%K community
%K communities
%K politics
%U http://archaeologybulletin.uplabs1.com/article/view/23