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Memory and Material Culture

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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrew JonesSeries:Topics in Contemporary ArchaeologyPublish date:2007-09-10Pages:274
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521545518ISBN-10:052154551XUPC:9780521545518Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:ArchaeologySize:8.94 x 6.39 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.8201Product ID:SCSC5M7G60
In this book, Andrew Jones argues that the material world offers a vital framework for the formation of collective memory. He uses the topic of memory to critique the treatment of artifacts as symbols by interpretative archaeologists and artifacts as units of information (or memes) by behavioral archaeologists, instead arguing for a treatment of artifacts as forms of mnemonic trace that have an impact on the senses. Using detailed case studies from prehistoric Europe, he further argues that archaeologists can study the relationship between mnemonic traces in the form of networks of reference in artefactual and architectural forms.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521545518ISBN-10:052154551XUPC:9780521545518Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:ArchaeologySize:8.94 x 6.39 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.8201Product ID:SCSC5M7G60
Jones, Andrew: - Andrew Jones is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice and editor of Coloring the Past.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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