Thornton, AA;
(2014)
The Nobody: Exploring Archaeological Identity with George Horsfield (1882-1956).
Archaeology International
, 17
137 - 156.
10.5334/ai.1720.
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Abstract
This article examines George Horsfield’s life and professional career in the Department of Antiquities in British Mandate Transjordan through his correspondence and images in the archives of UCL Institute of Archaeology. Through these documents, Horsfield’s multiple archaeological identities – architect, official and foreigner – are revealed. His experience, situated within the context of life in British Mandate Transjordan, is used to analyse the archaeologist within a wider history of antiquities departments in British imperial possessions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Nobody: Exploring Archaeological Identity with George Horsfield (1882-1956) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5334/ai.1720 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ai.1720 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright is retained by the author(s). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH 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 |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1456329 |
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