How archaeology has shaped India’s imagination of itself

Despite claims to scientific method and objective enquiry, archaeology is located within political projects of nationhood and narratives of conquest.

Dilip M Menon

· Nov 29, 2020 · 07:30 am

Did kangaroos ever live in India? A new discovery has some archaeologists hopping with excitement

Archaeologist Jinu Koshy has found thousands of rock drawings in Andhra Pradesh – including some of marsupials. How did it land there? And why?

Anupama Chandrasekaran

· May 13, 2019 · 11:30 am

Ancient ruins keep being ‘discovered’, but were they ever really lost?

The idea of an outsider ‘discovering’ something of an ancient people or society is hegemonic.

Christopher Begley

· Jul 13, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Stonehenge isn’t the only prehistoric monument that’s been moved – but it’s still unique

Piecing together how Stonehenge came to be reveals similarities and differences with other monuments of the time.

Mike Parker Pearson, The Conversation

· Jan 08, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Discovered: stone tools that go back beyond earliest humans

Discovery of 3.3m-year old stone tools in Kenya are the oldest-known manufactured artefacts.

Matt Pope, The Conversation

· May 25, 2015 · 06:30 am