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Public Archaeol 6 (1)
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Title:
Public Archaeol 6 (1)
Series
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Series:
Public Archaeology
Volume
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Volume:
6 (1)
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Publication Type:
Journal
Editor
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Editor:
Neal Ascherson
Publisher
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Publisher:
Maney Publishing
Year of Publication
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Year of Publication:
2007
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/pua/2007/00000006/00000001
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Created Date:
20 Aug 2008
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Abstract
The past is the present --; prehistory and preservation from a children's poin...
Anders Högberg
28 - 46
A historic--didactic study is presented that examines aspects of historical consciousness among eleven-year-old school children who have participated in cultural environment education projects. A short description of the projects and an analysis of the results is followed by a concluding section with reflections on archaeology, and meetings with school children in the course of contract archaeological work. The results of the study show that, for the students, the past is not about then, it is about now. It is claimed that this demands a shift in focus for public archaeology within cultural environment education projects: from stories about the past told in the present to stories about the present referring to the past.
Digging for the dead: archaeological practice as mortuary commemoration
Howard Williams
Elizabeth J L Williams
47 - 63
The paper reflects upon the experience of working with the local community during archaeological fieldwork in and around an English country churchyard at Stokenham in the South Hams district of Devon during 2005 and 2006. Using this case study, it is argued that the current theories and parameters of both mortuary archaeology and public archaeology fail to adequately engage with the diverse community perceptions and concerns over mortality and commemoration. At Stokenham, the archaeological research and student-training programme engaged local people in the discovery of their past but (more importantly for the local community) also helped to secure an acceptable commemorative future. It is argued that this provides a case study of how archaeological practice can interact with community attitudes to death and memory.