Archaeologies Of Memory Ruth M Van Dyke Susan E Alcock Eds by Ruth M. Van Dyke, Susan E. Alcock (eds.) 9780470774304, 9780631235842, 0470774304, 0631235841 instant download after payment.
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.
Content:
Chapter 1 Archaeologies of Memory: An Introduction (pages 1–14): Ruth M. Van Dyke and Susan E. Alcock
Chapter 2 Echoes of Empire: Vijayanagara and Historical Memory, Vijayanagara as Historical Memory (pages 15–33): Carla M. Sinopoli
Chapter 3 Memory's Materiality: Ancestral Presence, Commemorative Practice and Disjunctive Locales (pages 34–55): Lynn Meskell
Chapter 4 Memory Tattered and Torn: Spolia in the Heartland of Byzantine Hellenism (pages 56–80): Amy Papalexandrou
Chapter 5 Glories of the Past in the Past: Ritual Activities at Palatial Ruins in Early Iron Age Crete (pages 81–103): Mieke Prent
Chapter 6 Concrete Memories: Fragments of the Past in the Classic Maya Present (500–1000 AD) (pages 104–125): Rosemary A. Joyce
Chapter 7 Creating Memory in Prehistory: The Engraved Slate Plaques of Southwest Iberia (pages 126–150): Katina T. Lillios
Chapter 8 Mounds, Memory, and Contested Mississippian History (pages 151–179): Timothy R. Pauketat and Susan M. Alt
Chapter 9 Memory and the Construction of Chacoan Society (pages 180–200): Ruth M. Van Dyke
Chapter 10 The Familiar Honeycomb: Byzantine Era Reuse of Sicily's Prehistoric Rock?Cut Tombs (pages 201–220): Emma Blake
Chapter 11 The Translation of Time (pages 221–227): Richard Bradley
