Arheologie și fotografie: perspective istoriografice. I. (1839-1904)
Archaeology and photography: a review of the literature. I. (1839-1904)

Summary/Abstract: The use of photography in archaeological research seems to be today a common place, even a condition sine qua non, but this situation is the result of a long evolutionary process of both, a process that begins almost simultaneously in the middle of the XIXth century. Our approach aims to document the historiography of this evolution, as it is mainly reflected within the great European scientific traditions of the era. Interestingly, the historiography of the theme is divided proportionally between photographers and archaeologists, the latter being equally interested in classical and prehistoric archaeology. The chronological cut-up covers the period between Arago's communication (and publication of the text) from the French Academy in 1839, announcing the invention of photography, and its importance and the appearance of Flinders Petrie's volume in 1904, the first modern textbook of archaeology, a fundamental text for the methodology of archaeology in the XXth century.

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