Riva, Corinna;
Grau Mira, Ignasi;
(2022)
Global archaeology and microhistorical analysis. Connecting scales in the 1st-milennium B.C. Mediterranean.
Archaeological Dialogues
, 29
(1)
pp. 1-14.
10.1017/S1380203822000101.
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Abstract
Recently, voices have been raised regarding the challenges of Big Data-driven global approaches, including the realization that exclusively tackling the global scale masks social and historical realities. While multi-scalar analyses have confronted this problem, the effects of global approaches are being felt. We highlight one of these effects: as classical scholarship struggles to decolonize itself, the ancient Mediterranean in global archaeology pivots around the Graeco-Roman world only, marginalizing the non-classical Mediterranean, thus foiling attempts at promoting post-colonial perspectives. In highlighting this, our aim is twofold: first, to invigorate the debate on multi-scalar approaches, proposing to incorporate microhistory into archaeological analysis; second, to use the non-classical Mediterranean to demonstrate that historical depth at a micro level is essential to augment that power in our interpretations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Global archaeology and microhistorical analysis. Connecting scales in the 1st-milennium B.C. Mediterranean |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1380203822000101 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203822000101 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Big Data; non-classical Mediterranean; microhistory; multi-scalar analysis; urbanism; citizenship |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144365 |
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