platform argos

Platform Argos is a fluid academic network for the history and anthropology of mediterranean archaeology, as practised in the Netherlands and Belgium. Its focus is on the histories of teaching, research, collections and archives of archaeological objects and fieldwork projects. Platform Argos organizes events focused on stimulating attention for these topics as well as sharing knowledge – with a specific concern for the opening up of archaeological archives and for oral history projects.

The platform was initiated in 2017 by Laurien de Gelder, Anne Versloot, Marleen Termeer, Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, Floris van den Eijnde, Wieke de Neef and Jeltsje Stobbe. The active members vary per activity.
PLATFORM ARGOS is een verzamelplaats voor de geschiedenis en antropologie van de archeologie, met name die van het mediterrane gebied. Dit kan betrekking hebben op het onderwijs over en onderzoek naar archeologie in het mediterrane gebied, maar ook die van de collectievorming van antieke objecten in Nederland en Belgie. Het doel van het platform is het stimuleren en organiseren van evenementen die leiden tot de inventarisatie, bundeling en deling van kennis over dit onderwerp. Daarnaast is er speciale aandacht voor de ontsluiting van archeologische archieven en voor oral history projecten.

Current Project

See for our current project Making Mediterranean Pasts: stories from the archaeological field
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The project consists of:

  • A series of interviews with archaeologists, physical geographers, technicians about their approach to the archaeological profession during their careers in the 1960s-1990s; with a special focus on theoretical and methodological concerns.
  • A day on the histories of theoretical and methodological developments in Mediterranean archaeology as practised in the Low Countries.
  • A volume based on the interviews.

Platform Argos
Geschiedenis van Archeologie

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