Memory and Material Culture

Memory and Material Culture

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Jones, Andrew
Cambridge University Press
EAN: 9780521837088
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We take for granted the survival into the present of artifacts from the past. Indeed the discipline of archaeology would be impossible without the survival of such artifacts. What is the implication of the durability or ephemerality of past material culture for the reproduction of societies in the past? 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 artifactual and architectural forms.
EAN 9780521837088
ISBN 0521837081
Binding Hardback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date September 9, 2007
Pages 274
Language English
Dimensions 234 x 155 x 16
Country United Kingdom
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Jones, Andrew
Illustrations 38 Halftones, unspecified
Series Topics in Contemporary Archaeology
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