Experiencing the Past : On the Character of Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9780415055840 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 231 str.

Michael Shanks

Opis

What is archaeology and why does it attract so many enthusiasts across the barriers of class and education? In Experiencing the Past, Michael Shanks presents an exploration of the character of archaeology and reclaims the sentiment and feeling which are so often lost in purely academic approaches. With the use of illustrations, he depicts the archaeologist as a skilled interpreter of cultural remains. The author debates heritage and cultural identity and considers the key concerns of archaeology in the 1990s, weighing up controversial topics such as scientific objectivity and the validity of different claims to the past. The aim of Experiencing the Past is not so much to instruct as to provoke thought and reflection on feeling about the past.

Recenzje

`This is a brave and pioneering attempt to explore new territory, and it provokes many questions.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction; Prelude: The Visit; Part 1 Archaeological Method; Chapter 1 Trees and Gardens; Part 2 Archaeological Interests; Chapter 2 Desire and Metaphor; Chapter 3 Perfume and Violence; Part 3 The Encounter with the Past; Chapter 4 What is the Archaeological Past?; Chapter 5 Wallington Hall; Chapter 6 Experience and the Past; Chapter 7 Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland; Part 4 Working Archaeology; Chapter 8 The Craft of Archaeology; Chapter 9 An Archaeological Poetics; Chapter 10 Death and the Domestic;

O autorze

Shanks, Michael