Archaeologies of Memory

Van Dyke, Ruth M. (Editor)/ Alcock, Susan E. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 063123585X / ISBN 13: 9780631235859

Published by Blackwell Pub, 2003

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240 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Archaeologies of Memory
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 063123585X
• ISBN 13: 9780631235859
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.44 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

A unique collection of newly written essays by archaeologists working in a variety of contexts and geographical areas, Archaeologies of Memory is a groundbreaking text that presents a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies.

• Serves as an accessible introduction to central issues in the study of memory, including authority and identity, and the role memory plays in their creation and transformation.
• Presents a collection of newly commissioned essays that provide a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies.
• Brings together essays from both anthropological and classical archaeologists.
• Includes contributions drawn from a variety of cultures and time periods, including New Kingdom Egypt and the prehistoric American Southwest.

About the Author

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).