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Memory and Material Culture

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Part of Topics in Contemporary Archaeology

Author: Andrew Jones, University of Southampton

Date Published: September 2007
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521545518

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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 artefactual and architectural forms.
- Develops new theories
- Contains detailed case studies
- Integrates work on memory in archaeology with cognate disciplines including: anthropology, psychology, cognitive science
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"Memory and Material is an engaging and valuable book." -Peter S. Wells, Journal of Anthropological Research

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Product details
- Date Published: September 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521545518
- length: 274 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 151 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.37kg
- contains: 38 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Memory and material culture?
2. From memory to commemoration
3. People, time and remembrance
4. Improvising culture
5. Continuous houses, perpetual places
6. Culture, citation and categorisation
7. Chains of memory
8. The art of memory
9. Tracing the past
10. Coda.
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- Critical Studies
- Directions and Issues in Archaeology
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Andrew Jones, University of Southampton
Andrew Jones is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice and editor of Coloring the Past.