Hello Anna -
Lesley McFadyen and I are running a session on Archaeology and Photography at the RAI conference at the British Museum later this month that touches on the issues that you raise. There's an outline here:
http://weweremodern.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/archaeology-and-photography-royal.html
One obvious parallel, which is what I'll be talking about myself, is archaeological photos taken as 'preservation by record' in rescue contexts (one record among many for material remains that no longer exist).
Best,
Dan
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Dan Hicks MIfA, FSA
Associate Professor & Curator
University of Oxford
https://twitter.com/DrDanHicks
From: Anna McWilliams [[log in to unmask]]
Dear list members!
Does anyone have any tips, experience or references of the use of films and photography as a material source in archaeological investigations or theoretical discussion about such a thing?
As the material that me and Mirja Arnshav at the Maritime Museum in Stockholm are currently looking at are so deep on the ocean bed that it can only been investigated by ROV I was wondering if there are any other cases, maritime or on land, where films and photographs have been the main or only material? Maybe cases within historical or contemporary archaeology where the material itself is gone and investigations are done through records?
All ideas most welcome!
All the best
Anna McWilliams
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