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The future of nuclear waste : what art and archaeology can tell us about securing the world's most hazardous material / Rosemary A. Joyce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joyce, Rosemary A., 1956- author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in the archaeology of ancient states
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radioactive waste disposal--United States--Socal aspects.
- Radioactive waste disposal.
- Symbolic anthropology.
- Semiotics and archaeology.
- Historical markers--Design.
- Historical markers.
- Design.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this work, a contemporary archaeologist critically examines designs experts advising the US government suggested to mark nuclear waste sites and prevent their excavation thousands of years into the future: to build either an artificial ruin, or install a landscape scale artwork; and explores why planners thought they would work.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 17, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780190888176
- 0190888172
- OCLC:
- 1242868329
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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