Anth 3130 - Archaeology and Society

23 February 2006

Major Assignment - Additional Details for Proposal/Essay/Poster  Ensure you received the handouts from class about the Anthropology citation system and avoiding plagiarism. Outline/biblio due Mar 2.

n.b. there are good sources on reserve under my name at Scott - see here for a list. There are also lots of general archaeology books in the library, if you need to learn more about a certain site. Do use the journals, too...

Reading for today: Rowan & Baram Ch 1, 2, 3, 4.

Reading for Next Class: Rowan & Baram Ch 5, 6, 7

Focus for Next Week: Be ready to compare the different examples of heritage tourism in Ch 5,6,7 and relate to any experiences you've had with historical sites.

Homework for Today Was: Write a 300-400 word discussion of the Parthenon Marbles, based on the readings to date and, if you like, online sources like those below. Why can't the different parties agree? What do you think should be done with them? On what basis do you make your argument?  3%, come ready to talk in class.

Parthenon Marbles

- aka Elgin marbles (hard 'g') after the English lord who had them removed from Greece

- sculptures from the building called the Parthenon in the ancient city centre (Acropolis) of Athens

http://www.davidgill.co.uk/attica/parthenon/frieze.htm

- pediment sculptures - in the round - lots in the UK

- metopes (metuhpees)

- frieze - in low relief (mostly still in Athens)

Pediment sculpture

What the effect was probably like in antiquity - painted, gold leaf

Erechtheion with Caryatid Porch - many also in BM

Homework for Today Was: Write a 300-400 word discussion of the Parthenon Marbles, based on the readings to date and, if you like, online sources like those below. Why can't the different parties agree? What do you think should be done with them? On what basis do you make your argument?  3%, come ready to talk in class.

The Parthenon Marbles:  

http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/marbles/   Particularly look at "What are the Parthenon Marbles", "The History of the Marbles", and "Neal Ascherson on the Parthenon Marbles".

Parthenon..... http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/gr/debate.html

Parthenon Marbles

Image from Hellenic Ministry of Culture

www.museum-security.org/The%20Parthenon%20Marbles.htm

The British Museum says:

“The British Museum holds in trust for the nation and the world a collection of art and antiquities. The Parthenon sculptures … are displayed in purpose-built galleries seen every year by some six million visitors, free of charge. The Museum is committed to … communicating to a world audience and providing an international context where cultures can be experienced by all... The sculptures from the Parthenon have come to act as a focus for Western European culture and civilisation, and have found a home in a museum that grew out of the eighteenth-century 'Enlightenment', whereby culture is seen to transcend national boundaries.

The Museum is always developing new ways of promoting the understanding of the sculptures by the widest possible audience.” From The 'Elgin Marbles': Ownership, on the British Museum’s Compass website.

British Museum holdings

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ5786

Statement: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/gr/grparth.html

But some are also held in other major museums e.g. Louvre, Getty

News: Parthenon Fragment Returned to Greece

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=185

Digital options:

http://gl.ict.usc.edu/parthenongallery/S2003_parth_sketch_5_files/frame.htm

http://gl.ict.usc.edu/parthenongallery/renders/index.html

The New Acropolis Museum in Athens

- not finished yet