Tag: Heritage and Protection of the Medieval Sites

Podcast

The politics of archaeological heritage and reclamation, with Jonathan Hall

A conversation with Jonathan Hall about how the archaeological past of the city of Argos was reclaimed in the long nineteenth century. What institutions and political debates took shape around the heritage of the past? What role did the ancient travel writer Pausanias play in defining what the past was? What was the interplay between local, national, international, and imperial interests?