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In Incidental Archaeologists, Bonnie Effros examines the archaeological contributions of nineteenth-century French military officers, who, raised on classical accounts of warfare and often trained as cartographers, developed an interest in the Roman remains they encountered when commissioned in the colony of Algeria. By linking the study of the Roman past to French triumphant narratives of the conquest and occupation of the Maghreb, Effros demonstrates how Roman archaeology in the forty years following the conquest of the Ottoman Regencies of Algiers and Constantine in the 1830s helped lay the groundwork for the creation of a new identity for French military and civilian settlers.Effros uses France's violent colonial war, its efforts to document the ancient Roman past, and its brutal treatment of the region's Arab and Berber inhabitants to underline the close entanglement of knowledge production with European imperialism. Significantly, Incidental Archaeologists shows how the French experience in Algeria contributed to the professionalization of archaeology in metropolitan France.Effros demonstrates how the archaeological expeditions undertaken by the French in Algeria and the documentation they collected of ancient Roman military accomplishments reflected French confidence that they would learn from Rome's technological accomplishments and succeed, where the Romans had failed, in mastering the region.
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15 août 2018

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Incidental Archaeologists
IncidentalArchaeologists
FrenchOfcersandtheRediscoveryof Roman North Africa
BonnieEffros
CornellUniversityPressIthacaandLondon
Copyright © 2018 by Cornell University
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First published 2018 by Cornell University Press
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data
Names: Effros, Bonnie, 1965– author. Title: Incidental archaeologists : French officers and the  rediscovery of Roman North Africa / Bonnie Effros. Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018. |  Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017048068 (print) | LCCN 2017051402 (ebook) |  ISBN 9781501718533 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501718540 (pdf) |  ISBN 9781501702105 | ISBN 9781501702105 (cloth) Subjects: LCSH: Archaeology—Political aspects—Algeria—  History—19th century. | Archaeology—Political aspects—  France—History—19th century. | Archaeology and state—  France—History—19th century. | France—Armed Forces—  Algeria—Operations other than war—History—19th century. |  Algeria—Antiquities, Roman. | Algeria—History—1830–1962. Classification: LCC CC101.A4 (ebook) | LCC CC101.A4 E34 2018  (print) | DDC 965/.03—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017048068
Cover illustration used with permission of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
ToMaxandSimon,intheferventhopethat you will know only peace in your lifetimes
De patria meo uero, quod eam sitam Numidiae et Gaetuliae in ipso confinio meis scriptis ostendistis, quibus memet professus sum, cum Lolliano Auito c. u. praesente publice dissererem, Seminumidam et Semigaetulum, non uideo quid mihi sit in ea re pudendum, haud minus quam Cyro maiori, quod genere mixto fuit Semimedus ac Semipersa. Non enim ubi prognatus, sed ut moratus quisque sit spectandum, nec qua regione, sed qua ratione uitam uiuere inierit, considerandum est. Apuleius,Apologia, ed. and trans. Paul Valette, 2nd ed. (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2002), 56–57
Caruneèrenouvelle,uneèredévastricevasouvrirpourcettecontrée;peutêtre serezvous tenté de venir observer cette quatrième domination. N’en faites rien; épargnezvous le déplaisir d’un cruel mécompte. Surtout si vous cherchez un aliment à l’admiration que vous professez pour la France, votre beau pays, restez, restez chez vous, et gardezvous bien de la venir voir dans ses colonies. ErnestCarette,Précis historique et archéologique sur Hippone et ses environs(Paris: Imprimerie Lange Lévy et Compagnie, 1838), 16
LesRomainssesontperpétuésenAfrique;laracecréolefrançaise,néesurplace et fille des premiers immigrants, commence ellemême à y faire souche. GustaveBoissière,Esquisse d’une histoire de la conquête et de l’administration romaines dans le nord de l’Afrique et particulièrement dans la province de Numidie(Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1878), 81
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Contents
ListofAbbreviationsandNoteonSpellings
Introduction: War and the Destruction of Antiquities in the Former Ottoman Empire
1.KnowingandControlling:EarlyArchaeologicalExploration in the Algerian Colony
2.EnvisioningtheFuture:FrenchGeneralsUseofAncient Rome in the 1840s
3.TheViewfromAncientLambaesis
4.InstitutionalizingAlgerianArchaeology
5.CartographyandFieldArchaeologyduringtheSecondEmpire
Epilogue:ClassicalArchaeologyinAlgeriaafter1870
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Acknowledgments
ThinkinginitiallythatIwouldexploretheimpactofFrenchexcavationsin North Africa on the professionalization of archaeology in late nineteenth century France, I launched this book project without fully anticipating the violence I would see recorded in the documents conserved in the French overseas and military archives. With the pioneering work of Nabila Oulebsir as a guide to where I should begin, I commenced my research at the same time I accepted a position as the Rothman Chair and director of the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of Florida in August 2009. For his encouragement throughout this journey, I thank Peter Brown, who enthusiastically cheered along my initial and tentative exploration of the topic and provided helpful guidance as the research advanced. I am also grateful for the generosity of Éric Rebillard, who, even before I had actually begun this undertaking, gave enormously sound advice on how I might approach the topic of North African archaeology and where archival sources might be located. Nina Caputo’s razorsharp input came at a crucial moment as I debated how to move forward
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