Contents |
Knowing and controlling : early archaeological exploration in the Algerian colony -- Envisioning the future : French generals' use of ancient Rome in the 1840s -- The view from ancient Lambaesis -- Institutionalizing Algerian archaeology -- Cartography and field archaeology during the Second Empire -- Epilogue : classical archaeology in Algeria after 1870. |
Abstract |
"From 1830, the Roman ruins of North Africa intrigued invading French military officers and became key to the colonial narrative justifying French settlement of North Africa"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Issued in other form | Online version: Effros, Bonnie, 1965- Incidental archaeologists. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501718533 |
Genre/form | History. |
LCCN | 2017048068 |
ISBN | 9781501702105 (hardcover) |
ISBN | 1501702106 (hardcover) |