Jameson John H. Jr., Ehrenhard John E., Finn Christine A. (eds). Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts

Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2003. — xiv, 247 p. — ISBN: 0-8173-1273-0.The book is an interesting experiment focusing on the way that archaeology and the various arts have cross-pollinated each other. 19 essays from different authors all over the world cover the ways archaeology has been integral to writing fiction and plays, movies, painting, music, sculpture, indigenous peoples arts, and the Internet, as well as public education.Introduction: Archaeology as Inspiration—Invoking the Ancient Muses (John H. Jameson, Jr., John E. Ehrenhard, and Christine A. Finn).
Why We Were Drawn to This Topic (from the Contributors).
More Than Just “Telling the Story”: Interpretive Narrative Archaeology (John P. McCarthy).
The Archaeologist as Playwright (James G. Gibb).
Archaeology Goes to the Opera (John E. Ehrenhard and Mary R. Bullard).
Archaeology in Two Dimensions: The Artist’s Perspective (Martin Pate).
Art and Imagery as Tools for Public Interpretation and Education in Archaeology (John H. Jameson, Jr.).
Archaeology as a Compelling Story: The Art of Writing Popular Histories (Sharyn Kane and Richard Keeton).
Poetry and Archaeology: The Transformative Process (Christine A. Finn).
Reflections on the Design of a Public Art Sculpture for the Westin Hotel, Palo Alto, California (David Middlebrook).
Pompeii: A Site for All Seasons (David G. Orr).
Evoking Time and Place in Reconstruction and Display: The Case of Celtic Identity and Iron Age Art (Harold Mytum).
Art and Archaeology: Conflict and Interpretation in a Museum Setting (Michael J. Williams and Margaret A. Heath).
The Archaeology of Music and Performance in the Prehistoric American Southwest (Emily Donald).
Archaeology’s Influence on Contemporary Native American Art: Perspectives from a Monster (Lance M. Foster).
From Rock Art to Digital Image: Archaeology and Art in Aboriginal Australia (Claire Smith and Kirsten Brett).
Archaeology in Science Fiction and Mysteries (David G. Anderson).
RKLOG: Archaeologists as Fiction Writers (Sarah M. Nelson).
Capturing the Wanderer: Nomads and Archaeology in the Filming of The English Patient (Christine A. Finn).
Is Archaeology Fiction? Some Thoughts about Experimental Ways of Communicating Archaeological Processes to the “External World” (Nicola Laneri).
Crafting Cosmos, Telling Sister Stories, and Exploring Archaeological Knowledge Graphically in Hypertext Environments (Jeanne Lopiparo and Rosemary A. Joyce).