Images, Representations and Heritage Moving beyond Modern Approaches to Archaeology

This volume does not conjure up romantic beliefs about the project of archaeology, but rather, it signals a fundamental revision of archaeology – not what it is, but what it can do

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Russell, Ian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Realisms and Realities
  • Introductions
  • Archaeologically Imagined Communities
  • Archaeological Tourism as a Signpost to National Identity
  • Irish Images on English Goods in the American Market
  • Representing Spirit
  • Archaeologies and Opportunities
  • The Role of Archaeology in Presenting the Past to the Public
  • Assessing the Role of Digital Technologies for the Development of Cultrual Resources as Socioeconomic Assets
  • Experiencing Archaeology in the Dream Society
  • The Crisis of Representation of the Past
  • Towards Archaeologies of Memories of the Past and Planning Futures
  • Collective Memory and the Museum
  • The Simulacra and Simulations of Irish Neolithic Passage Tombs
  • Poetic Archaeologies and Moving Beyond Modernity
  • Practice Makes Perfect
  • Bog Bodies and Bog Lands
  • Who Wants to Visit a Cultural Heritage Site?
  • Concluding Remarks