Tomato Season in the Ghor Es-Safi
A Lesson in Community Archaeology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587590 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Morag M Kersel (0000-0002-9254-0957), Meredith S Chesson |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 159-165 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5615/neareastarch.76.3.0159 |
| OpenAlex | W150749514 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 6 |
From January to March of 2011 the Follow the Pots project embarked on a field project at the Early Bronze Age site of Fifa on the Dead Sea Plain in Jordan. Fieldwork embodied a two-part approach to recording the landscape: archaeological and ethnographic. We had no problem at all carrying out the archaeological groundtruthing and mapping of the looted cemetery at Fifa — producing detailed maps and successfully testing a theory about the uses of Google Earth in monitoring archaeological site looting. As a second prong of this project we sought input from interested communities, those who may be directly or indirectly associated with the looting of the area. We were unsuccessful at engaging with local communities — they were all busy harvesting tomatoes, something we had not factored into our “collaboration.” Our take-home message from this project is that community engagement is situational, context-dependent, and a negotiated process between equal partners
Archaeology · Ethnography · Excavation · Geography · Looting · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History
Community Archaeology in the Islamic World
The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant
Archaeology as Intellectual Service
Hands-On Heritage! Establishing Soft Authority over Heritage through Architectural Experiment
Community-Based and Participatory Praxis as Decolonizing Archaeological Methods and the Betrayal of New Research
Looting and vandalism around a World Heritage Site
The (W)Hole Picture
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |