| Abstract: |
The study of memory is an area of rapidly growing interest among scholars and others working to understand power, politics, and the creation of social identities. This book presents a framework for the study of memory in past societies. It is designed to serve as an introduction to the central issues in the study of memory. The introduction and chapters use an integrated and comparative approach in order to provide a core text as well as a resource for archaeologists, historians and non-specialists. The editors present a model for studying memory through archaeological means, uncovering the material framework of memory so as to expand the range of methods for studying memory and to consider different (and often competing) versions of the past. Most papers are focussed on non-British data; includes |
