Archaeologies of memory / edited by Ruth M. Van Dyke and Susan E. Alcock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Van Dyke, Ruth M.

Alcock, Susan E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social archaeology.

Memory--Social aspects.

Memory.

Physical Description:

xiv, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2003.

Summary:

As in the present, past peoples commemorated, constructed, and manipulated their past for their own social and political ends. Archaeologists can use a variety of evidence to study social memory and to recover past ideas about what the more distant past was like. Archaeologies of Memory is a groundbreaking text that presents a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies. This unique collection of new essays brings together contributions from both anthropological and classical archaeologists. Essays, drawn from a variety of cultures and time periods, engage a number of common themes, such as issues of authority and identity, and the role memory plays in their creation and transformation. Archaeologies of Memory is an accessible investigation into the central issues in the study of memory and provides an engaging introduction to this controversial subject.

Contents:

1 Archaeologies of Memory: An Introduction / Ruth M. Van Dyke, Susan E. Alcock 1

Part I Memory Studies with Access to Texts 15

2 Echoes of Empire: Vijayanagara and Historical Memory, Vijayanagara as Historical Memory / Carla M. Sinopoli 17

3 Memory's Materiality: Ancestral Presence, Commemorative Practice and Disjunctive Locales / Lynn Meskell 34

4 Memory Tattered and Torn: Spolia in the Heartland of Byzantine Hellenism / Amy Papalexandrou 56

5 Glories of the Past in the Past: Ritual Activities at Palatial Ruins in Early Iron Age Crete / Mieke Prent 81

6 Concrete Memories: Fragments of the Past in the Classic Maya Present (500-1000 AD) / Rosemary A. Joyce 104

Part II Memory Studies in Prehistory 127

7 Creating Memory in Prehistory: The Engraved Slate Plaques of Southwest Iberia / Katina T. Lillios 129

8 Mounds, Memory, and Contested Mississippian History / Timothy R. Pauketat, Susan M. Alt 151

9 Memory and the Construction of Chacoan Society / Ruth M. Van Dyke 180

Part III Caveats and Commentaries 201

10 The Familiar Honeycomb: Byzantine Era Reuse Of Sicily's Prehistoric Rock-Cut Tombs / Emma Blake 203

11 The Translation of Time / Richard Bradley 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631235841

063123585X

OCLC:

50006529