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Archaeologies of Memory by Ruth Van Dyke & Susan E. Alcock
This text presents a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies. It is a concise book explicitly designed to serve as an introduction to the central issues in the study of memory, authored by noted archaeologists working in a variety of contexts and geographic areas.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. |
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| Author(s) : Susan E. Alcock | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 063123585X | ISBN-13 : 9780631235859 |
| RRP : £21.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 01/03/2003
Publisher : Blackwell Publishers
Page Length : 256mm
Page Size : 244mm