A session for WAC-6 under the theme Archaeological Theory? Legacies, Burdens, Futures, which was announced on Archaeolog in June. The meta-theoretical approach of processual archaeology gave rise to a history of archaeology, concentrating on the discipline as a cultural and political practice. It narrated a historical trajectory of a scientific discourse closely linked to the…

I am organizing a WAC session on the “History of archaeology in the colony” in the Theme “Archaeological Theory? Legacies, burdens, futures”. Chiefly, the session seeks submissions on history of archaeology in Egypt; Mesopotamia (Iraq); Africa; South Asia, Mexico and South America – located in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century trajectory of archaeology…