Archaeologies of Memory

Herausgeber: Dyke, Ruth M van; Alcock, Susan E

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As in the present, past peoples commemorated, constructed, and manipulated their past for their own social and political ends. Archaeologists can use a variety of evidence to study social memory and to recover past ideas about what the more distant past was like. Archaeologies of Memory is a groundbreaking text that presents a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies. This unique collection of new essays brings together contributions from both anthropological and classical archaeologists. Essays, drawn from a variety of cultures and time periods, engage a number of common themes, such as issues of authority and identity, and the role memory plays in their creation and transformation. Archaeologies of Memory is an accessible investigation into the central issues in the study of memory and provides an engaging introduction to this controversial subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Stax Textbooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 175mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780631235842
• ISBN-10: 0631235841
• Artikelnr.: 22377504

Autorenporträt

Ruth M. Van Dyke is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Colorado College. She directs archaeological research in Chaco Canyon and in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. She has recently published work in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Kiva and American Antiquity. Susan E. Alcock is John H. D'Arms Collegiate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Classics at the University of Michigan. Her publications include Graecia Capta: The Landscapes of Roman Greece (1993), Pausanias: Travel & Memory in Roman Greece (co-editor, 2001), Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History (co-editor, 2001), and Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments and Memory (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Notes On Contributors.

Part I: Memory Studies With Access To Texts.

Part II: Memory Studies In Prehistory.

Part III: Caveats And Commentaries.

Index.

Rezensionen

"In this exciting and interpretively timely volume,archaeology and social theory intersect to explore thematerialization of memory. Drawing on diverse case studies, fromhistorical and prehistoric contexts across the globe, contributorsexpand dimensions for critical understandings of 'the past inthe past." Wendy Ashmore, University of California,Riverside

"Memory is a locus of struggle over identity, authority,and power. This collection represents the first serious attempt inarchaeology to examine this struggle. As such, it is apath-breaking volume that all archaeologists need to read andcontemplate." Randy McGuire, BinghamtonUniversity

"The distinguished editors, an anthropologicalarchaeologist and a Classical Greek archaeologist, have gathered aformidable team to explore memorizations over a vast span of time,space, and cultures, from the Old World to the New, and fromprehistory right up to the present." Paul Cartledge,University of Cambridge

"This is an excellent book which acheives what it sets out to do- to place memory more firmly on the research agenda ofcontemporary archaeology." Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol.29, 2002-2004