55. Agnès Garcia-Ventura: The historiography of assyriology

Agnès discusses the history of the field, and why that matters now. Cast collections were an important part of Spain's early interest in ancient Iraq. How did these collections form? Who was interested? What were they interested in? And why? The history of the field has also impacted how we interpret objects, and how we read ancient texts. What lessons does that teach us? 3:16 why study the history of the field?5:47 what is a cast?7:39 casts in 19th/20th century9:38 ca...