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.
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ISBN
9780511339868
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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