Table of Contents

Introduction: European Archaeology Abroad: Global Settings, Comparative Perspectives Nathan Schlanger, Sjoerd van der Linde, Monique van den Dries and Corijanne Slappendel Part One: Historical Overviews 1.1 Foreign schools and institutes around the Mediterranean Sea: relics of the past or renewed tools for scientific partnership? Frank Braemer 1.2 French archaeology abroad: a short history of its institutional and political framework Sonia Levin 1.3 Belgian archaeologists abroad: from antiquarians to interdisciplinary research Gertjan Plets, Ruth Plets and Rica Annaert 1.4 Spanish archaeology abroad Xurxo Ayan Vila and Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal 1.5 Polish archaeology in Egypt and Sudan: an historical overview Patrycja Klimowicz and Arkadiusz Klimowicz 1.6 Dutch archaeology abroad: from treasure hunting to local community engagement Monique van den Dries, Corijanne Slappendel and Sjoerd van der Linde 1.7 Warum in die Ferne schweifen? An overview of German archaeology abroad Nina Schucker Part TtwoO: Ccase Sstudies 2.1 French archaeology in Africa: historical, institutional and political frameworks Sonia Levin 2.2 Archaeology in the Democratic Republic of Congo: old and current strategies for ancient issues Els Cornelissen 2.3 Communicating vessels: a Flemish experience with international collaboration in maritime heritage research Ine Demerre 2.4 Constructing from the south: a post-colonial perspective on scientific cooperation in archaeology in Uruguay Camila Gianotti, David Barreiro, Felipe Criado-Boado and JoseLopez Mazz 2.5 Building country-relevant programmes in the context of the implementation of the UNESCO convention on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage Robert Parthesius and Bill Jeffery 2.6 The socio-political context of Polish archaeological discoveries in Faras, Sudan Arkadiusz Klimowicz and Patrycja Klimowicz 2.7 Italian archaeology in Africa: the arduous liberation of a discipline from colonial ideology Maria Pia Guermandi 2.8 The Delphi archaeological contract: looking through the eyes of the daily press of the nineteenth century Eleftheria Theodoroudi and Kostas Kotsakis Part ThtHree: Ccritical RreflectioOns 3.1 Colonization and the development of archaeology in Senegal Ibrahima Thiaw 3.2 Preserving knowledge as a basic human need: on the history of European archaeological practices and the future of Somali archaeology. An interview with Sada Mire Sjoerd van der Linde and Monique van den Dries 3.3 Europe and the people without archaeology Cristobal Gnecco 3.4 Archaeological fieldwork in the Middle East: academic agendas, labour politics and neo-colonialism Maria Theresia Starzmann 3.5 Norwegian archaeology and African competence building. An interview with Randi Haland Sjoerd van der Linde and Monique van den Dries

About the Author

Nathan Schlanger is professor of archaeology at the Ecole nationale des chartes, Paris. His research interests include prehistoric archaeology, material culture studies, archaeological heritage management, and the history and politics of archaeology.

Among his recent publications: Marcel Mauss. Techniques, technologie et civilization (ed. 2012), European Archaeology Abroad. Global Settings, Comparative Perspectives (ed. 2013), Year 5 at Fukushima. A 'disaster-led' archaeology of the contemporary future (2016) and Back in business. History and evolution at the new Musée de l'Homme (2016).

He has worked at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA, Paris), the Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (INRAP) and the Ecole du Louvre, and is now professor of archaeology at the Ecole nationale des chartes, Paris.