Lynn Meskell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynn Meskell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynn |
| FAMILY NAME | Meskell |
| SIGNATURE | MESKELL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ruin Warfare
This review explores how and why we weaponize the past, underscoring how all parties to a conflict might manipulate antiquity, its materialities, and its meanings. The decision to destroy or preserve sites—whether to rewrite, challenge, or reify historical narratives—increasingly matters in an era of global disinformation, amid conflicts among states or within them. The past is both a tool and a target in modern warfare, prompting us to rethink h…
Embedding Ethics
Global Heritage
Houses in a Landscape
Cosmopolitan Archaeologies
Cosmopolitan Archaeologies
An important collection, Cosmopolitan Archaeologies delves into the politics of contemporary archaeology in an increasingly complex international environment. The contributors explore the implications of applying the cosmopolitan ideals of obligation to others and respect for cultural difference to archaeological practice, showing that those ethics increasingly demand the rethinking of research agendas. While cosmopolitan archaeologies must be pr…
Materiality
Archaeologies of Materiality
List of Figures. Notes on Contributors. 1. Introduction: Object Orientations: Lynn Meskell. 2. Mastering Matters: Magical Sense and the Apotropaic Figure Worlds: Carolyn Nakamura. 3. The Social life of Rocks: Lindsay Weiss. 4. With a Hint of Paris in the Mouth: Fetishized Toothbrushes or the Sensuous Experience of Modernity in Late 19th-Century Bogota: Felipe Gaitan. 5. Faith in Objects: American Indian Object Lessons at the World in Boston: Erin…
Archaeology Under Fire
Archaeologies of social life
"Archaeologies of Social Life is a new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. The author provides detailed discussions of new topics of debate, including the body, sexuality and issues of identity, while also addressing some of the traditional questions in archacology about society and self, the individual and social relations." "The book is unusual in examining ordinary life in ancient Egypt rather than focusing on the traditional subjec…
Cosmopolitan Archaeologies
An important collection, Cosmopolitan Archaeologies delves into the politics of contemporary archaeology in an increasingly complex international environment. The contributors explore the implications of applying the cosmopolitan ideals of obligation to others and respect for cultural difference to archaeological practice, showing that those ethics increasingly demand the rethinking of research agendas. While cosmopolitan archaeologies must be pr…
Archaeologies of social life
"Archaeologies of Social Life is a new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. The author provides detailed discussions of new topics of debate, including the body, sexuality and issues of identity, while also addressing some of the traditional questions in archacology about society and self, the individual and social relations." "The book is unusual in examining ordinary life in ancient Egypt rather than focusing on the traditional subjec…
Archaeology Under Fire
Materiality
Archaeologies of Materiality
List of Figures. Notes on Contributors. 1. Introduction: Object Orientations: Lynn Meskell. 2. Mastering Matters: Magical Sense and the Apotropaic Figure Worlds: Carolyn Nakamura. 3. The Social life of Rocks: Lindsay Weiss. 4. With a Hint of Paris in the Mouth: Fetishized Toothbrushes or the Sensuous Experience of Modernity in Late 19th-Century Bogota: Felipe Gaitan. 5. Faith in Objects: American Indian Object Lessons at the World in Boston: Erin…
Cosmopolitan Archaeologies
Cosmopolitan Archaeologies
An important collection, Cosmopolitan Archaeologies delves into the politics of contemporary archaeology in an increasingly complex international environment. The contributors explore the implications of applying the cosmopolitan ideals of obligation to others and respect for cultural difference to archaeological practice, showing that those ethics increasingly demand the rethinking of research agendas. While cosmopolitan archaeologies must be pr…
Houses in a Landscape
Global Heritage
Embedding Ethics
Ruin Warfare
This review explores how and why we weaponize the past, underscoring how all parties to a conflict might manipulate antiquity, its materialities, and its meanings. The decision to destroy or preserve sites—whether to rewrite, challenge, or reify historical narratives—increasingly matters in an era of global disinformation, amid conflicts among states or within them. The past is both a tool and a target in modern warfare, prompting us to rethink h…
Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (3 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Antiquities (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Archéologie (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Congresses (2 works)