Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts

Contents

List of Figures ix List of Plates xi Introduction: Archaeology as Inspiration—Invoking the Ancient Muses 1 John H. Jameson, Jr., John E. Ehrenhard, and Christine A. Finn Why We Were Drawn to This Topic 6 from the Contributors 1. More Than Just “Telling the Story”: Interpretive Narrative Archaeology 15 John P. McCarthy 2. The Archaeologist as Playwright 25 James G. Gibb 3. Archaeology Goes to the Opera 40 John E. Ehrenhard and Mary R. Bullard 4. Archaeology in Two Dimensions: The Artist’s Perspective 49 Martin Pate 5. Art and Imagery as Tools for Public Interpretation and Education in Archaeology 57 John H. Jameson, Jr. 6. Archaeology as a Compelling Story: The Art of Writing Popular Histories 65 Sharyn Kane and Richard Keeton Contents 7. Poetry and Archaeology: The Transformative Process 72 Christine A. Finn 8. Re®ections on the Design of a Public Art Sculpture for the Westin Hotel, Palo Alto, California 82 David Middlebrook 9. Pompeii: A Site for All Seasons 84 David G. Orr 10. Evoking Time and Place in Reconstruction and Display: The Case of Celtic Identity and Iron Age Art 92 Harold Mytum 11. Art and Archaeology: Con®ict and Interpretation in a Museum Setting 109 Michael J. Williams and Margaret A. Heath 12. The Archaeology of Music and Performance in the Prehistoric American Southwest 120 Emily Donald 13. Archaeology’s In®uence on Contemporary Native American Art: Perspectives from a Monster 128 Lance M. Foster 14. From Rock Art to Digital Image: Archaeology and Art in Aboriginal Australia 136 Claire Smith and Kirsten Brett 15. Archaeology in Science Fiction and Mysteries 152 David G. Anderson 16. RKLOG: Archaeologists as Fiction Writers 162 Sarah M. Nelson 17. Capturing the Wanderer: Nomads and Archaeology in the Filming of The English Patient 169 Christine A. Finn 18. Is Archaeology Fiction? Some Thoughts about Experimental Ways of Communicating Archaeological Processes to the “External World” 179 Nicola Laneri 19. Crafting Cosmos, Telling Sister Stories, and Exploring Archaeological Knowledge Graphically in Hypertext Environments 193 Jeanne Lopiparo and Rosemary A. Joyce vi / Contents References Cited 205 Contributor Af¤liations and Contact Information 231 About the Editors 233 Index 235 CONTENTS OF ACCOMPANYING COMPACT DISC 1. Images and clips from the stage production of the opera Zabette John E. Ehrenhard and Mary R. Bullard (See also book chapter 3) 2. Interpretive art paintings and sketches, color image scans Martin Pate (See also book chapter 4) 3. Examples of archaeological interpretive art images and educational posters, color image scans Martin Pate, John E. Ehrenhard, and John H. Jameson, Jr. (See also book chapters 4, 5, and 6) 4. Popular histories and other online volumes of the Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service Martin Pate, John E. Ehrenhard, and John H. Jameson, Jr. (See also book chapters 4, 5, and 6) 5. Color photos of public art sculptures David Middlebrook (See also book chapter 8) 6. Book covers and comments on Spirit Bird Journey and National Treasure, published by RKLOG Press Sarah M. Nelson (See also book chapter 16) 7. Video: Is Archaeology Fiction? Some Thoughts about Experimental Ways of Communicating Archaeological Processes to the “External World” Nicola Laneri (See also book chapter 18) 8. Multimedia hypertext: Sample reading of Crafting Cosmos: The Production of Social Memory in Everyday Life among the Ancient Maya Jeanne Lopiparo (See also book chapter 19) Contents / vii ...