Sudeshna Guha

Technologies and Epistemologies in the Early Photography of India’s Monuments {Proof Copy]

Histories in the Making, 2024

Paddayya, K.: Our Deep Past. Personalities and Themes in Indian Heritage Studies. Further Essays. Vol. 1: Personalities; Vol. 2: Themes

Anthropos, 2024

Imagination and Presence

Material Truths and Religious Identities

Routledge eBooks, Jan 31, 2021

6. South Asian Heritage and Archaeological Practices

Open Book Publishers, Oct 1, 2014

International Legal Cooperation). Her research interests focus on cultural property law and art l... more

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Mortimer Wheeler's Archaeology in South Asia and its Photographic Presentation

South Asian studies, 2003

The basic premise of this text is that photographs created during archaeological fieldwork and th... more The basic premise of this text is that photographs created during archaeological fieldwork and those that are absorbed within 'archaeological' archives are crucial sources for unearthing patterns of transformation within the history of the discipline. From its inception archaeology has widely consumed and generated visual images, which therefore provide an important resource for research of past disciplinary practices. 'Archaeological' photographs reveal clearly, and at times more extensively than written texts, the complex trajectories of the discipline's developments, since the promotion of the discipline as a scientific and rational subject has historically been accompanied by a consistent manipulation of its public and visible profile. In this paper I have offered an analysis of Mortimer Wheeler's excavations in South Asia and have drawn upon the rich photographic archive of the Archaeological Survey of India to examine the visual presentation of his work. My objective is to suggest that the long impact of Wheeler's short spell with the archaeology of the Indian sub-continent was largely due to the palpable visibility that he could successfully create for his own supposedly flawless fieldwork.

Más allá de las representaciones: fotografías en el conocimiento arquéologico

Complutum, Jan 24, 2014

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Imposing the Habit of Science: Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Indian Archaeology

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, May 4, 2003

…you are a scientist, one with the initiative to acquire and enlarge knowledge. You are no longer... more …you are a scientist, one with the initiative to acquire and enlarge knowledge. You are no longer a school-boy waiting to be taught. You are an officer, and the weight of your command will be proportionate to the effective weight of your knowledge and experience. Learn!" This is how Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler's "directive" to "young officers" of the Archaeological Survey of India ended. It was circulated as one of the staff memorandum (no. 5) in April 1945 and is his most didactic official circular. The four years of Wheeler's Director-Generalship of the Survey (1944Survey ( to 1948) ) are usually regarded as being foundational to the development of archaeological method in the subcontinent. By instilling 'discipline' among his crew, showing them how to attain technical precision in recording and exposing the benefits of forward planning, Wheeler (as he himself tells us) could successfully impose the habit of scientific enquiry among his Indian students and staff; a habit he regarded necessary for the progress of archaeology in the Indian subcontinent. This paper explores some of his methods and seeks to open up a discussion regarding why they acquired significance within the post-colonial milieu of Indian archaeology.

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Decolonizing South Asia through Heritage- and Nation-Building

Future Anterior: Journal of Historic Preservation, History, Theory, and Criticism

Published by: University of Minnesota Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/futu... more Published by: University of Minnesota Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/futuante.16.2.0031 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.

A Status Report of the Tribal Arts within the Central Indian Tribal Belt

Routledge eBooks, Sep 1, 2022

Artefacts Of History

Sage Publications, 2015

Indus Civilization

The Indus Civilization ^Ŝu deshna Guha looks at the archaeology of the Indus Civilization, the Br... more The Indus Civilization ^Ŝu deshna Guha looks at the archaeology of the Indus Civilization, the Bronze Age phenomenon of South Asia, whose study began under the British and has continued since independence and partition of the country. She considers how the interpretations for this civilization have shaped and been shaped by notions of an authentic 'Indian civilization'.

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Material Truths and Religious Identities

Beyond Representations: Photographs in Archaeological Knowledge

Complutum

The visual in archaeology: photographic representation of archaeological practice in British India

Antiquity, 2002

Photographs produced during archaeological fieldwork can be employed in shaping the nature of arc... more Photographs produced during archaeological fieldwork can be employed in shaping the nature of archaeological discourse in different parts of the world. Such photographs are material objects that at times show what written texts fail to say. The focus of this paper is on the photographs produced during archaeological surveys and excavations in British India between the last quarter of the 19th and middle of the 20th centuries.

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6. South Asian Heritage and Archaeological Practices

Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice, 2014

His books include Who Owns Native Culture? (2003), and Upriver: The Turbulent Life and Times of a... more

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Mortimer Wheeler's Archaeology in South Asia and its Photographic Presentation

South Asian Studies, 2003

The basic premise of this text is that photographs created during archaeological fieldwork and th... more The basic premise of this text is that photographs created during archaeological fieldwork and those that are absorbed within 'archaeological' archives are crucial sources for unearthing patterns of transformation within the history of the discipline. From its inception archaeology has widely consumed and generated visual images, which therefore provide an important resource for research of past disciplinary practices. 'Archaeological' photographs reveal clearly, and at times more extensively than written texts, the complex trajectories of the discipline's developments, since the promotion of the discipline as a scientific and rational subject has historically been accompanied by a consistent manipulation of its public and visible profile. In this paper I have offered an analysis of Mortimer Wheeler's excavations in South Asia and have drawn upon the rich photographic archive of the Archaeological Survey of India to examine the visual presentation of his work. My objective is to suggest that the long impact of Wheeler's short spell with the archaeology of the Indian sub-continent was largely due to the palpable visibility that he could successfully create for his own supposedly flawless fieldwork.

Más allá de las representaciones: fotografías en el conocimiento arquéologico

Complutum, 2014

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Imposing the Habit of Science: Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Indian Archaeology

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2003

The Marshall Albums: Photography and Archaeology

Foreword A Sanctum of the Human Spirit Sunset Night Landscape of Banaras Eternity Watches Time Ho... more Foreword A Sanctum of the Human Spirit Sunset Night Landscape of Banaras Eternity Watches Time Holy Water at Banaras Landscape as Mindscape Talking da Vinci & Tagore Evening at Banaras The Sensual Engine: How to Find Majaain Manu Parekh's Banaras Sunshine No One is Alone in Banaras Banaras in Black & White Banaras in Monsoon Landscape of Banaras Dawn Light Deities Banaras at Dawn Moonlight Banaras The Thrice-Named City A Colour Alphabet Colours of Banaras Banaras in Red The Blue Surge of Banaras Banaras in Blue Chronology.

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