Imagined Archaeologies: Stereotypes and Myths in Cinema, From Indiana Jones to Arturo Frantini

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Author(s): Antonia Falcone (Independent Researcher, Italy)and Pierluigi Giroldini (Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism, Italy)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 23
Source title: Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Enrico Proietti (Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1059-9.ch014

Keywords: Archaeology and Anthropology / Communication Studies / Education / Information Science Reference

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Indiana Jones and Lara Croft, but also Sharon Golban and Arturo Frantini, are characters narrating the multi-faceted job of the archaeologist, a great appeal to the public since the beginning of the cinema. The chapter understands the origins of this fascination, outlining the evolution of the character and his difficult relation with archaeologists in flesh and bones. A new typology of film archaeologists is proposed. Treasure hunters, academic researchers or field workers, cinema codified stereotypes that especially in the last 30 years have been analyzed, contested, or approved by scholars. Among quests, precious objects to be rescued, and characters loved by the great public, archaeology in cinema is sometimes in the background, but continues to have a prominent place in popular culture. Archaeologists should deal with this phenomenon to better understand the reception (or sometimes the distortion) of their work by the public.

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