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1pukwudgie
Hello Everyone,
Just joined librarything recently, so wanted to say hi to other archaeologists!
I have a request for books for teaching. I'm currently teaching in a writing program, so need texts that are accessible to non-archaeologists (mostly freshmen) and well written. Since these are supposed to be models of academic writing for the students to follow, this point is rather important. I have a lot of leeway in genres and topics, so can include history, travel writing, etc.
I'd love recommendations in any field/area, but would particularly like to build a list on Egypt and/or the ancient Near East. My familiarity with Egypt is a few years out of date and mostly with lit that would not be suitable for my class. As I said, this can inlude "classics" - so, for example, is Howard Carter's own account of Tut's tomb still a good read? How is Fagan's Rape of the Nile?
I'm a historical archaeologist so the texts I've used over the past 2 semesters include Rathje's Rubbish!, Noel Hume's Martin's Hundred, Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten, Living on the Boott, Ferguson's Uncommon Ground, and articles by Rebecca Yamin on New York's Five Points. I'm open to other suggestions in HA as well.
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
Just joined librarything recently, so wanted to say hi to other archaeologists!
I have a request for books for teaching. I'm currently teaching in a writing program, so need texts that are accessible to non-archaeologists (mostly freshmen) and well written. Since these are supposed to be models of academic writing for the students to follow, this point is rather important. I have a lot of leeway in genres and topics, so can include history, travel writing, etc.
I'd love recommendations in any field/area, but would particularly like to build a list on Egypt and/or the ancient Near East. My familiarity with Egypt is a few years out of date and mostly with lit that would not be suitable for my class. As I said, this can inlude "classics" - so, for example, is Howard Carter's own account of Tut's tomb still a good read? How is Fagan's Rape of the Nile?
I'm a historical archaeologist so the texts I've used over the past 2 semesters include Rathje's Rubbish!, Noel Hume's Martin's Hundred, Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten, Living on the Boott, Ferguson's Uncommon Ground, and articles by Rebecca Yamin on New York's Five Points. I'm open to other suggestions in HA as well.
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
2E59F
Hello to you,
I've hesitated to reply since I'm not a very good judge of what's accessible to non-archaeologists, but nobody else has jumped in.... I don't know anything for Egypt or the Near East that is as accessible as what you're looking for. For late Roman/early medieval Europe, Villa to Village by Riccardo Francovich and Richard Hodges is a nice presentation of what you can do with studies of sites, but they write like archaeologists ;) Historians tend to write a bit better: Before France and Germany by Patrick Geary is pretty readable, I think.
If your range of genres extends as far as behavioral science models, The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod is a good example of clear, accessible academic writing.
I've hesitated to reply since I'm not a very good judge of what's accessible to non-archaeologists, but nobody else has jumped in.... I don't know anything for Egypt or the Near East that is as accessible as what you're looking for. For late Roman/early medieval Europe, Villa to Village by Riccardo Francovich and Richard Hodges is a nice presentation of what you can do with studies of sites, but they write like archaeologists ;) Historians tend to write a bit better: Before France and Germany by Patrick Geary is pretty readable, I think.
If your range of genres extends as far as behavioral science models, The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod is a good example of clear, accessible academic writing.
