The book under review here looks fascinating, and if I were "doing" ancient history, I would definitely rush out and read it. It is on the problem, how do we mesh evidence from archaeological excavations and from literary sources to create a coherent picture of a site, or of the events that we think are associated with the inhabitants or users of the site?
The book is Jonathan M. Hall, Artifact and Artifice: Classical Archaeology and the Ancient Historian. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. here reviewed by Andrea Guzzetti of San Jose State:
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-03-39.html
Chapter 10, acc. to Guzzetti, discusses the excavations of the purported tomb of St. Peter 'neath the Vatican. That tomb was discussed by some of us over a year ago.
Meshing archaeological and literary sources
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That is interesting. Thanks. A long time ago now I read this book on the tomb of St. Peter that was unabashedly positive about the whole thing, and it may have contributed to my acceptance (for a while, anyway) of the idea that Peter went to Rome and was martyred there. I'd be curious what this book says there (and on the subjects generally).ficino wrote:The book under review here looks fascinating, and if I were "doing" ancient history, I would definitely rush out and read it. It is on the problem, how do we mesh evidence from archaeological excavations and from literary sources to create a coherent picture of a site, or of the events that we think are associated with the inhabitants or users of the site?
The book is Jonathan M. Hall, Artifact and Artifice: Classical Archaeology and the Ancient Historian. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. here reviewed by Andrea Guzzetti of San Jose State:
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-03-39.html
Chapter 10, acc. to Guzzetti, discusses the excavations of the purported tomb of St. Peter 'neath the Vatican. That tomb was discussed by some of us over a year ago.
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As to Peter, if you're still interested, check back on our earlier threads, esp. Otto Zwierlein's works against Petrine burial there. There is also a neglected article in Mnemosyne, which I cite on one of those threads, that makes it appear that the "pro-Petrine" dating of the relevant tombs cannot be correct.
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It'd be great to see a wider view of ancient history beyond 'literary sources'.ficino wrote: ... how do we mesh evidence from archaeological excavations and from literary sources to create a coherent picture of a site, or of the events that we think are associated with the inhabitants or users of the site?
The book is Jonathan M. Hall, Artifact and Artifice: Classical Archaeology and the Ancient Historian. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014.
here reviewed by Andrea Guzzetti of San Jose State: http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-03-39.html
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From op linksearch for the individual
Maybe a huge amount of work is needed, especially around checking assumptions.
I liked the comment in the review about is there any relationship between a text and an artefact!
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And why is it a founder of Rome gets to have all sorts of questions asked about him, but an only begotten son of a god doesn't?
"We cannot slaughter each other out of the human impasse"
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Well... To be fair the founder of the Roman Empire was also claimed to be the begotten son of god.Clive wrote:And why is it a founder of Rome gets to have all sorts of questions asked about him, but an only begotten son of a god doesn't?
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I meant Rome - Romulus!
Actually, does Jesus have a twin anywhere?
wikiRomulus /ˈrɒmjʉləs/ and Remus /ˈriːməs/ were the twin brothers and main characters of Rome's foundation myth.
Actually, does Jesus have a twin anywhere?
"We cannot slaughter each other out of the human impasse"