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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.
Bonnie Effros is Professor of European History and holder of the Chaddock Chair of Economic and Social History at the University of Liverpool. She is author of, most recently, Uncovering the Germanic Past: Merovingian Archaeology in France, 1830-1914.
"In this fascinating new book, Bonnie Effros continues to explore the politics of archaeology in nineteenth-century France by focusing on North Africa and the activity of French officers between 1830 and 1870. Uncovering many archival documents, she challenges the too often triumphal narrative of French archaeology in North Africa and reminds us of the violence that accompanied archaeological exploration."
Suzanne Marchand, Professor of History, Louisiana State University:
"Incidental Archaeologists shows how nineteenth-century French colonizers explored and exploited some remnants of North African antiquity while erasing other layers of history, including long-established local Muslim communities and their histories. Effros’s deep and rich contextualization of these highly consequential military and cultural ‘campaigns’ is history of archaeology at its finest."
Michael Kulikowski, Professor of History and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Pennsylvania State University:
"It’s rare for an author to handle classical evidence and its modern interpreters with equal skill, but Bonnie Effros does in Incidental Archaeologists. It’s a compelling, and at times disturbing, portrait of colonial archaeologists who combined a respect for the Maghreb’s ancient past with the violent suppression and expropriation of its nineteenth-century present—and whose pioneering work on sites like Lambaesis, embedded in colonial realities, still shape our understanding of North African antiquity."
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