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During a week's stay in Malta in October 1914, Thomas Ashby was able to conduct the excavation of a portion of a megalithic building, on a site called id-debdieba ("the Place of the Echo" in Maltese), pointed out to him by Professor T. Zammit, Curator of the Valletta Museum, who frequently visited the site, and has contributed the report on the objects found whicih forms the second part of this paper. The funids for the work were provided by the Government of Malta, anid the site itself is Government property. ; N/A

During its January meeting the Council of Din L-Art Ħelwa agreed to sponsor the first campaign of archaeological excavations to be conducted this summer by the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta. This is the first of a series of yearly excavation campaigns we plan to undertake at Tas-Silġ, in the area south of the Zejtun-Delimara road. Permission for the excavations was granted by the Minister of Justice, Youth and Culture last year, after consultation with the Museums Department, the Government agency responsible for Malta's antiquities. As stipulated by the Antiquities (Protection) Act of 1925 (as amended), the excavations shall be undertaken under the superintendence of Government. ; N/A

"A report to the government of Madras." ; Mode of access: Internet.

Bureaucratic Archaeology is a multi-faceted ethnography of quotidian practices of archaeology, bureaucracy and science in postcolonial India, concentrating on the workings of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). This book uncovers an endemic link between micro-practice of archaeology in the trenches of the ASI to the manufacture of archaeological knowledge, wielded in the making of political and religious identity and summoned as indelible evidence in the juridical adjudication in the highest courts of India. This book is a rare ethnography of the daily practice of a postcolonial bureaucracy from within rather than from the outside. It meticulously uncovers the social, cultural, political and epistemological ecology of ASI archaeologists to show how postcolonial state assembles and produces knowledge. This is the first book length monograph on the workings of archaeology in a non-western world, which meticulously shows how theory of archaeological practice deviates, transforms and generates knowledge outside the Euro-American epistemological tradition.

This book offers an introduction to the archaeology of the Islamic world. It traces the history of the discipline from its earliest manifestations through to the present and evaluates the contribution made by archaeology to the understanding of key aspects of Islamic culture. The author argues that it is essential for the results of archaeological research to be more fully integrated into the wider historical study of the Islamic world. Organising the book into broad themes allows a focus on issues that are relevant across different regions and periods. Short case studies are included to allow the reader to examine the ways in which archaeologists collect and interpret material in specific contexts. The emphasis is on archaeological work conducted in the area stretching from Afghanistan and the Central Asian republics in the east to Spain in the west. Comparisons are also be drawn with Islamic regions of sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent, reflecting the main focus of archaeological work in the Islamic world to the present day