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  1. Leudal Hanssum te Neer Afronding Hoogwatergeul Proefsleuvenonderzoek ; Afronding Hoogwatergeul Neer-Hanssum, gemeente Leudal ; Een Inventariserend Veldonderzoek in de vorm van proefsleuven
    Author: Bouma, N.
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  ADC ArcheoProjecten

    Other ; ADC ArcheoProjecten heeft een inventariserend veldonderzoek in de vorm van proefsleuven uitgevoerd in plangebied Hanssum te Neer. Ten behoeve van zowel natuur- als waterbergingsdoelen is voorzien in de ontgronding van een direct ten zuiden... more

     

    Other ; ADC ArcheoProjecten heeft een inventariserend veldonderzoek in de vorm van proefsleuven uitgevoerd in plangebied Hanssum te Neer. Ten behoeve van zowel natuur- als waterbergingsdoelen is voorzien in de ontgronding van een direct ten zuiden van een nieuw aangelegde hoogwatergeul gelegen perceel. Op basis van uitgevoerd vooronderzoek werd in het plangebied een nederzetting of grafveld uit de late prehistorie verwacht. Deze verwachting is tijdens het proefsleuvenonderzoek uitgekomen. Het plangebied is gelegen op een rivierterras uit de Jonge Dryas. De top van het rivierterras bestaat uit rivierduinafzettingen die afgedekt zijn door laatpleistocene oeverafzettingen. In de top van deze oeverafzettingen zijn archeologische sporen en vondsten aangetroffen die duiden op bewoning en begraving in het plangebied in het verleden. De sporen van bewoning bestaan uit paalkuilen of kuilen en aardewerkfragmenten die niet scherper gedateerd kunnen worden dan in de periode Late Bronstijd-Romeinse tijd. Zowel de grondsporen als het vondstmateriaal zijn slecht geconserveerd en ook als geheel is de vindplaats ruimtelijk slecht bewaard gebleven. Tevens is er een crematiegraf aangetroffen, maar ook deze bleek bijzonder slecht geconserveerd. Uitbreiding van de proefsleuf heeft geen aanwijzingen opgeleverd voor de aanwezigheid van andere (crematie)graven in de directe omgeving van dit graf. Op basis van 14Conderzoek is dit graf gedateerd op 1212-1024 v. Chr. aan het eind van de Midden-Bronstijd of begin van de Late Bronstijd. Zowel op fysieke als op inhoudelijke kwaliteit scoort deze vindplaats laag en is er sprake van een niet-behoudenswaardige vindplaats. Uitzondering hierop vormt de noordoosthoek van het onderzoeksgebied. Hier is een kuil aangetroffen met een bijzondere inhoud. In de opvulling zijn 893 vuursteenfragmenten gevonden, waarvan een groot deel verbrand, en houtskool. Van het vuursteen is meer dan 60% kleiner dan 1 cm. 14Conderzoek van het houtskool leverde een datering op van ca. 3773-3652 voor Chr. aan het eind van de Michelsberg-cultuur. Een mogelijke interpretatie voor dit spoor zou kunnen zijn dat het hier een opgeruimde haardplaats betreft waarvan de resten in een kuil zijn gedeponeerd. Dat zou de grote hoeveelheid verbrande kleine vuursteenafslagen en het houtskool kunnen verklaren en kan duiden op een mogelijk erf of huisplaats uit deze periode in de directe nabijheid. Een dergelijke context is niet of nauwelijks van elders bekend en daarmee bijzonder zeldzaam. In een nabijgelegen proefsleuf zijn enkele vuurstenen artefacten aangetroffen die mogelijk ook in het Midden-Neolithicum A gedateerd kunnen worden en uit dezelfde periode kunnen dateren als de kuil met verbrande vuursteenafslagen. Een directe relatie tussen beide is echter niet aangetoond, maar zou wel kunnen bestaan. Interessant is de vergelijking met opgravingen in Veldhoven-Habraken, Oerle-Zuid en Boxmeer- Sterckwijck waar huisplattegronden uit het Laat-Neolithicum zijn aangetroffen. Deze plattegronden variëren in lengte tussen ca. 25 en 40 m en kunnen vooral herkend worden aan de wandgreppels. In Well-Aijen zijn in 2012 ook resten van een huisplattegrond uit de Michelsberg-cultuur gevonden. Mogelijk is de interpretatie van de greppel in proefsleuf 6 en 7 als perceelsgreppel net als bij het onderzoek in Oerle-Zuid onjuist en maakt deze mogelijk onderdeel uit van een neolithische huisplattegrond. Dit kan alleen met nader onderzoek worden vastgesteld. De aard van vindplaats 1 is niet duidelijk. Hier is op en aan de rand van een restgeul houtskool aangetroffen in een boring. Op vindplaats 2 zijn in elke proefsleuf in de pleistocene oeverafzettingen kleine stukjes of spikkels houtskool waargenomen. Dat zou ook voor vindplaats 1 op kunnen gaan. Gezien de aanwezigheid van een restgeul is ook niet uit te sluiten dat het bijvoorbeeld om verspoeld materiaal gaat of materiaal dat van het terras afkomstig is en naar beneden is gezakt, gerold, gewaaid of gespoeld. Op het terras zijn geen aanwijzingen gevonden voor de aanwezigheid van houtskoolmeilers en ook middeleeuwse sporen zijn niet aangetroffen. Een relatie tussen vindplaats 2 en eventuele houtskoolmeilers is er dus niet. Op en aan de rand van de westelijke restgeul zouden wel deposities kunnen worden verwacht die verband houden met de aangetroffen vindplaatsen.

     
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    Subjects: Archaeology; Nederzetting; onbepaald (NX); Begraving - Crematiegraf (GC)
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  2. Archaelogical reconstructions and the community in the UK
    Author: Blockley, Marion
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Routledge [u.a.], London [u.a.]

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    Language: English
    Media type: Article (edited volume)
    Format: Print
    Parent title: Enthalten in: <<The>> constructed past / ed. by Peter G. Stone ...; London [u.a.], 2012; 36.2012: Seite 15-34
    Subjects: Array
    Scope: Illustrationen
  3. Sheffield Castle : Archaeology, Archives, Regeneration, 1927–2018
    Author: Moreland, John; Hadley, Dawn
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  White Rose University Press, York

    "Sheffield Castle presents an original perspective on an urban castle, resurrecting from museum archives a building that once made Sheffield a nexus of power in medieval England, its lords playing important roles in local, national, and international... more

     

    "Sheffield Castle presents an original perspective on an urban castle, resurrecting from museum archives a building that once made Sheffield a nexus of power in medieval England, its lords playing important roles in local, national, and international affairs. Although largely demolished at the end of the English Civil War, the castle has left an enduring sway over the present townscape, and future development, of Sheffield.

    In this volume, we rediscover the medieval castle, explore its afterlife, and discuss its legacy for the regeneration of Sheffield into the twenty-first century. The authors bring to publication for the first time all the major excavations on the site, present the first modern study of artefacts excavated in the mid-twentieth century, and situate both in the context of the published and unpublished documentary record. They also tell the stories of those responsible for re-discovering the castle, the circumstances in which they were working, their archaeological methods, and the scholarly and political influences that shaped their narratives.

    In setting the study within the context of urban

    regeneration, Sheffield Castle differs from most publications of medieval castles. This regeneration narrative is both historical, addressing the ways in which successive building campaigns have encountered the castle remains, and current, as the future of the site is under active discussion following the demolition of the market hall built on the site in the 1960s. The book explores how the former existence of the castle, and the landscape in which it sat, including its deer park, have shaped the development of the ‘Steel City’. We see that the untapped heritage of the site has considerable value for the regeneration of what may now be one of the most deprived areas of Sheffield, but was once at its social, political and cultural heart.

    Prof John Moreland (University of Sheffield) and Prof Dawn Hadley (now University of York) led the University of Sheffield’s Sheffield Castle project, and worked with colleagues from Wessex Archaeology, Museums Sheffield and the contributors named below. This volume, written with Ashley Tuck and Milica Rajic from Wessex Archaeology, presents the culmination of the findings of this project and is, importantly, accompanied by a digital archive, making all the research materials publicly available.

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    Subjects: Archaeology; Archaeology by period / region; Castles & fortifications
    Other subjects: Sheffield castle; archaeology; regeneration; archives
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (404 p.)
  4. The Dynamics of Cultural Borders
    Author: Kannike, Anu; Tasa, Monika
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  University of Tartu Press, Tartu

    This volume encompasses a broad span of issues related to borders as areas of intense activity substantially contributing to the dynamics of culture. The chapters address questions relating to the construction and reconstruction of borders, as well... more

     

    This volume encompasses a broad span of issues related to borders as areas of intense activity substantially contributing to the dynamics of culture. The chapters address questions relating to the construction and reconstruction of borders, as well as the experience and representation of physical, spiritual, imagined and symbolic borders. The authors provide perspectives on emerging and dissolving borders in the past and present. Special emphasis is placed on subjective perception by asking how borders are experienced and expressed at the level of the specific community or individual. Several articles tackle dramatic and controversial issues like war, conflict between different ideologies and cultures, and remembering. The authors also explore dialectical relations between culture, social relations and landscape, and the interplay of ideological constructions and material culture. The contributions are arranged into two sections focusing on two wider issues: how borders are drawn in landscape, religion and scientific discourse (Wandering borders), and how representations of cultural borders and border crossings have changed over time (Bordering ruptures: the dynamics of self-description). The authors of this volume come from various scholarly fields and offer innovative tools for expanding the concept of the border across disciplinary frames.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789949770830
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    Subjects: Semiotics / semiology; Oral history; Archaeology; History of religion; Cultural studies; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Human geography
    Other subjects: material culture; memory; war; religion; border; landscape; Bronze Age; Finland; Hymy; Reindeer; Soviet Union
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (260 p.)
  5. Mégare et les établissements mégariens de Sicile, de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin. Histoire et institutions
    Author: Robu, Adrian
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Peter Lang International Academic Publishers

    This book aims to offer a new interpretation of the settlement movement initiated by the city of Megara in archaic times. It shows the role of conflict between the aristocratic families for the departure of the Megarians and reveals the role of the... more

     

    This book aims to offer a new interpretation of the settlement movement initiated by the city of Megara in archaic times. It shows the role of conflict between the aristocratic families for the departure of the Megarians and reveals the role of the heritage of the metropolis in the creation of institutions of colonial cities.

     
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  6. Glastonbury Abbey: Archaeological Investigations 1904–79
    Author: Gilchrist, Roberta; Green, Cheryl
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Society of Antiquaries of London

    This is a comprehensive study of the archaeological archives and artefact collections of Glastonbury Abbey, together with a new geophysical survey of the site. It analyses thirty-six seasons of archaeological excavation directed by such iconic... more

     

    This is a comprehensive study of the archaeological archives and artefact collections of Glastonbury Abbey, together with a new geophysical survey of the site. It analyses thirty-six seasons of archaeological excavation directed by such iconic figures as Sir William St John Hope, Sir Charles Peers, Sir Alfred Clapham and Dr Courtenay Arthur Ralegh Radford, and reveals new insights into the abbey’s origins and historical development. Previous interpretations are challenged and new evidence is presented for the Saxon and later medieval phases of the abbey, including an important complex of early glass-working furnaces, dated c 700. The study reveals, for the first time, archaeological evidence for the Norman and later medieval monastic ranges and the luxurious abbot’s hall and court.

     
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    Subjects: Religious buildings; History; Archaeology
    Other subjects: antiquarian excavations; archaeological investigation; ecclesiastical; buildings; christianity; glastonbury abbey; monastic orders; king arthur; Abbot; Clay; Cloister
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (504 p.)
  7. Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset: Archaeological Investigations 1930–90
    Author: White, Peter; Cook, Alan
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Society of Antiquaries of London

    Sherborne Old Castle was built in Dorset in about 1122–35. The fortified palace was one of several major building projects undertaken by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury. Although Sherborne Old Castle was altered over the next four centuries, most of its... more

     

    Sherborne Old Castle was built in Dorset in about 1122–35. The fortified palace was one of several major building projects undertaken by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury. Although Sherborne Old Castle was altered over the next four centuries, most of its original structural elements were retained until the buildings were slighted during the English Civil War. This report describes and analyses the information obtained from all the archaeological investigations undertaken at the castle since the early twentieth century, including those of A E Rawlence (1932), C E Bean (1932–54), and the authors of this report, Peter White, then Inspector of Ancient Monuments, between 1968 and 1980, and the late Alan Cook (1980–95). An analysis of the results, together with continuing historical research, have revealed much more about the major periods of the castle’s construction and use.

     

    It is now possible to describe and source in more detail the sophisticated design of Roger’s castle and the high quality of the craftsmanship employed in its construction and decoration; the later phases of development during the medieval period, including the improvements to the castle’s defences and accommodation when held by the Crown between 1183 and 1354; the post-1357 alterations after the castle had been re-taken by Bishop Wyvil of Salisbury; and the important fifteenth-century building programme carried out by Bishop Thomas Langton.

     

    A much clearer assessment has also been made of the impact of the works undertaken by Sir Walter Raleigh in his abortive attempt to remodel the castle as his country seat after he obtained the estate in 1592.

     

    Finally, although much of the fabric of the castle was destroyed following its surrender to a Parliamentary army in 1645, new documentary evidence and structural analysis has revealed how, during the eighteenth century, the Digby family developed and maintained the ruins as a romantic feature on the northern boundary of their landscaped park.

     
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    Subjects: Castles & fortifications; History; Archaeology
    Other subjects: castle; archaeological investigation; sherborne; antiquarian; dorset; walter ralegh; roger bishop of salisbury; digbys of sherbourne; Ashlar; Curtain wall (fortification); Gatehouse; Keep; Pottery
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (200 p.)
  8. The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia (Terra Australis 47)
    Contributor: David, Bruno (Publisher); Tacon, Paul (Publisher); Delannoy, Jean-Jaques (Publisher); Geneste, Jean-Michel (Publisher)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  ANU Press

    Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology... more

     

    Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually most impressive regional assemblages anywhere in the world. To better understand this multi-dimensional cultural record, The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia focuses on the nature and antiquity of the region’s rock art as revealed by archaeological surveys and excavations, and the application of novel analytical methods. This volume also presents new findings by which to rethink how Aboriginal peoples have socially engaged in and with places across western Arnhem Land, from the north to the south, from the plains to the spectacular rocky landscapes of the plateau. The dynamic nature of Arnhem Land rock art is explored and articulated in innovative ways that shed new light on the region’s deep time Aboriginal history.

     
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    Contributor: David, Bruno (Publisher); Tacon, Paul (Publisher); Delannoy, Jean-Jaques (Publisher); Geneste, Jean-Michel (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Art of indigenous peoples; Carvings: artworks; Archaeology
    Other subjects: rock art; arnhem land; australia; northern territory; Anthropomorphism; Beeswax; Before Present; Radiocarbon dating; Stratum; Terra Australis
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (526 p.)
  9. Archaeologists in print : Publishing for the people
    Author: Thornton, Amara
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  UCL Press

    Archaeologists in Print is a history of popular publishing in archaeology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a pivotal period of expansion and development in both archaeology and publishing. It examines how British archaeologists produced... more

     

    Archaeologists in Print is a history of popular publishing in archaeology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a pivotal period of expansion and development in both archaeology and publishing. It examines how British archaeologists produced books and popular periodical articles for a non-scholarly audience, and explores the rise in archaeologists’ public visibility. Notably, it analyses women’s experiences in archaeology alongside better known male contemporaries as shown in their books and archives. In the background of this narrative is the history of Britain’s imperial expansion and contraction, and the evolution of modern tourism in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Archaeologists exploited these factors to gain public and financial support and interest, and build and maintain a reading public for their work, supported by the seasonal nature of excavation and tourism. Reinforcing these publishing activities through personal appearances in the lecture hall, exhibition space and site tour, and in new media – film, radio and television – archaeologists shaped public understanding of archaeology. It was spadework, scripted.

     
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  10. Landscape in the Longue Duree
    Author: Tilley, Christopher
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  UCL Press

    Pebbles are usually found only on the beach, in the liminal space between land and sea. But what happens when pebbles extend inland and create a ridge brushing against the sky? Landscape in the Longue Durée is a 4,000 year history of pebbles. It is... more

     

    Pebbles are usually found only on the beach, in the liminal space between land and sea. But what happens when pebbles extend inland and create a ridge brushing against the sky? Landscape in the Longue Durée is a 4,000 year history of pebbles. It is based on the results of a four-year archaeological research project of the east Devon Pebblebed heathlands, a fascinating and geologically unique landscape in the UK whose bedrock is composed entirely of water-rounded pebbles. Christopher Tilley uses this landscape to argue that pebbles are like no other kind of stone – they occupy an especial place both in the prehistoric past and in our contemporary culture. It is for this reason that we must re-think continuity and change in a radically new way by considering embodied relations between people and things over the long term.

    Dividing the book into two parts, Tilley first explores the prehistoric landscape from the Mesolithic to the end of the Iron Age, and follows with an analysis of the same landscape from the eighteenth into the twenty-first century. The major findings of the four-year study are revealed through this chronological journey: from archaeological discoveries, such as the excavation of three early Bronze Age cairns, to the documentation of all 829 surviving pebble structures, and beyond, to the impact of the landscape on local economies and its importance today as a military training camp. The results of the study will inform many disciplines including archaeology, cultural and art history, anthropology, conservation, and landscape studies.

     
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    Subjects: Landscape art & architecture; Archaeology; Archaeology by period / region; Landscape archaeology
    Other subjects: archaeological excavation; bronze age; longue durée; landscape; Cairn; East Devon; Heath; Tor cairn
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (500 p.)
  11. Key Concepts in Public Archaeology
    Contributor: Moshenska, Gabriel (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  UCL Press

    This book provides a broad overview of the key concepts in public archaeology, a research field that examines the relationship between archaeology and the public, in both theoretical and practical terms. While based on the long-standing programme of... more

     

    This book provides a broad overview of the key concepts in public archaeology, a research field that examines the relationship between archaeology and the public, in both theoretical and practical terms. While based on the long-standing programme of undergraduate and graduate teaching in public archaeology at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, the book also takes into account the growth of scholarship from around the world and seeks to clarify what exactly ‘public archaeology’ is by promoting an inclusive, socially and politically engaged vision of the discipline. Written for students and practitioners, the individual chapters provide textbook-level introductions to the themes, theories and controversies that connect archaeology to wider society, from the trade in illicit antiquities to the use of digital media in public engagement, and point readers to the most relevant case studies and learning resources to aid their further study.

     
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    Contributor: Moshenska, Gabriel (Publisher)
    Language: English
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    Subjects: Architecture: professional practice; Museology & heritage studies; Archaeology; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
    Other subjects: archaeology; heritage; historical sites; public archaeology; Community archaeology; Cultural heritage
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (252 p.)
  12. Worlds in Miniature : Contemplating Miniaturisation in Global Material Culture
    Contributor: Davy, Jack (Publisher); Dixon, Charlotte (Publisher)
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  UCL Press, London

    Miniaturisation is the creation of small objects that resemble larger ones, usually, but not always, for purposes different to those of the larger original object. Worlds in Miniature brings together researchers working across various regions, time... more

     

    Miniaturisation is the creation of small objects that resemble larger ones, usually, but not always, for purposes different to those of the larger original object. Worlds in Miniature brings together researchers working across various regions, time periods and disciplines to explore the subject of miniaturisation as a material culture technique. It offers original contribution to the field of miniaturisation through its broad geographical scope, interdisciplinary approach, and deep understanding of miniatures and their diverse contexts.

     

    Beginning with an introduction by the editors, which offers one possible guide to studying and comparing miniatures, the following chapters include studies of miniature Neolithic stone circles on Exmoor, Ancient Egyptian miniature assemblages, miniaturisation under colonialism as practiced by the Makah People of Washington State, miniature surf boats from India, miniaturised contemporary tourist art of the Warao people of Venezuela, and dioramas on display in the Science Museum.

     

    Interspersing the chapters are interviews with miniature-makers, including two miniature boat-builders at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall and a freelance architectural model-maker. Professor Susanne Küchler concludes the volume with a theoretical study summarising the current state of miniaturisation as a research discipline. The interdisciplinary nature of the volume makes it suitable reading for anthropologists, archaeologists, historians and artists, and for researchers in related fields across the social sciences.

     
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    Contributor: Davy, Jack (Publisher); Dixon, Charlotte (Publisher)
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    Subjects: Archaeology; Material culture; Anthropology
    Other subjects: anthropology; archaeology; miniatures
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (206 p.)
  13. Processes of Spatialization in the Americas : Configurations and Narratives
    Contributor: Pisarz-Ramirez, Gabriele (Publisher); Warnecke-Berger, Hannes (Publisher)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Bern

    Where do the Americas begin, and where do they end? What is the relationship between the spatial constructions of «area» and «continent»? How were the Americas imagined by different actors in different historical periods, and how were these... more

     

    Where do the Americas begin, and where do they end? What is the relationship between the spatial constructions of «area» and «continent»? How were the Americas imagined by different actors in different historical periods, and how were these imaginations – as continent, nation, region – guided by changing agendas and priorities? This interdisciplinary volume addresses competing and conflicting configurations and narratives of spatialization in the context of globalization processes from the 19th century to the present.

     
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  14. The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues : Heritage Reconstruction in Theory and Practice
    Author: Nagaoka, Masanori
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Springer Nature

    This Open Access book explores heritage conservation ethics of post conflict and provides an important historical record of the possible reconstruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Danger in... more

     

    This Open Access book explores heritage conservation ethics of post conflict and provides an important historical record of the possible reconstruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Danger in 2003 as “Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley”. With the condition that most surface of the original fragments of the Buddha statues were lost due to acts of deliberate destruction, this publication explores a reference point for conservation practitioners and policy makers around the world as they consider how to respond to on-going acts of destruction of cultural heritage. Whilst there has been an emerging debate to the ethics and nature of heritage reconstruction, this volume provides a plethora of ideas and approaches concerning the future treatment of the Bamiyan Buddha statues. It also addresses a number of fundamental questions on potential heritage reconstruction: how it will be done; who will decide; and what it should be done for. Moreover when it comes to the inscribed World Heritage properties, how can reconstructed heritage using non-original materials be considered to retain authenticity? With a view to serving as a precedent for potential decisions taken elsewhere in the world for cultural properties impacted by acts of violence and destruction, this volume introduces academic researches, experiences and observations of heritage conservation theory and practice of heritage reconstruction. It also addresses the issue not merely from the point of a material conservation philosophy but within the context of holistic strategies for the protection of human rights and promotion of peace building.

     
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  15. The Scarcity Slot : Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana
    Author: Logan, Amanda L.
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  University of California Press

    A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa's deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed... more

     

    A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

    The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa's deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of "the scarcity slot," a kind of Othering based on presumed differences in resources. Weaving together archaeological, historical, and environmental data with food ethnography, she advances a new approach to building long-term histories of food security on the continent in order to combat these stereotypes. Focusing on a case study in Banda, Ghana that spans the past six centuries, The Scarcity Slot reveals that people thrived during a severe, centuries-long drought just as Europeans arrived on the coast, with a major decline in food security emerging only recently. This narrative radically challenges how we think about African foodways in the past with major implications for the future.

     
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  16. Cultural heritage in the realm of the commons : Conversations on the Case of Greece
    Contributor: Lekakis, Stelios (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Ubiquity Press, London

    Cultural heritage was invented in the realm of nation-states, and from an early point it was considered a public asset, stewarded to narrate the historic deeds of the ancestors, on behalf of their descendants. Nowadays, as the neoliberal narrative... more

     

    Cultural heritage was invented in the realm of nation-states, and from an early point it was considered a public asset, stewarded to narrate the historic deeds of the ancestors, on behalf of their descendants. Nowadays, as the neoliberal narrative would have it, it is for the benefit of these tax-paying citizens that privatisation logic on heritage sector have been increasing over recent decades, to cover their needs in the name of social responsibility and other truncated views of the welfare state.;This volume examines whether we can place cultural heritage at the other end of the spectrum, as a common good and potentially as a commons. It does so by looking at Greece as a case study, lately a battlefield of harsh and experimental austerity measures but also of inspiring grass-roots mobilisation and scholarship, currently blossoming to defend the right of communities to enjoy, collaboratively manage and co-create goods by the people, for the people. ;Since cultural heritage -and culture in general- is hastily bundled up with other goods and services in various arguments for and against their public character, this volume invites several experts to discuss their views on their field of expertise and reflect on the overarching theme: Can cultural heritage be considered a commons? If so, what are the advantages and pitfalls concerning theory, practice and management of heritage? What can we learn from other public resources with a longer history in commons-based or market-oriented interpretation and governance? Can a commons approach allow us to imagine and start working towards a better, more inclusive and meaningful future for heritage? ;

     
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    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Cultural studies; Archaeology; Greece; Political structure & processes; Management & management techniques; Public administration
    Other subjects: Cultural heritage management; Commons; Ethnography; Critical heritage; Greece; Social & Solidarity Economy
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (286 p.)
  17. Candi, Space and Landscape : A study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of Central Javanese temple remains
    Author: Degroot, Véronique
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Sidestone Press, Leiden

    Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations... more

     

    Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between temple distribution, natural surroundings and architectural design to understand how Central Javanese people structured the space around them, and how the religious landscape thus created developed. Besides questions related to territory and landscape, this book analyzes the structure of the built space and its possible relations with conceptualized space, showing the influence of imported Indian concepts, as well as their limits. Going off the beaten track, the present study explores the hundreds of small sites that scatter the landscape of Central Java. It is also one of very few studies to apply the methods of spatial archaeology to Central Javanese temples and the first in almost one century to present a descriptive inventory of the remains of this region.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Archaeology
    Other subjects: anthropology; archaeology of Indonesia; South East Asia; temples; Java
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (497 p.)
  18. Beyond the Trenches – The Social and Cultural Impact of the Great War : Second Edition
    Contributor: Dzikowska, Elzbieta Katarzyna (Publisher); Handley, Agata G. (Publisher); Zawilski, Piotr (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Bern

    This collection of articles is the outcome of extensive investigations into archival materials, concerning the involvement of various nations in the Great War. The authors analyse the wartime experiences of individuals and local communities, as well... more

     

    This collection of articles is the outcome of extensive investigations into archival materials, concerning the involvement of various nations in the Great War. The authors analyse the wartime experiences of individuals and local communities, as well as whole nations. They offer a closer, more personal view of the impact of the Great War. The book re-constructs individual war narratives, and studies the long-term consequences of the conflict. The result is a multifaceted portrayal of the war, seen from local and international perspectives.

     
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  19. Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion : In Merovingian and Viking Scandinavia
    Contributor: Wikström af Edholm, Klas (Publisher); Jackson Rova, Peter (Publisher); Nordberg, Andreas (Publisher); Sundqvist, Olof (Publisher); Zachrisson, Torun (Publisher)
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Stockholm University Press, Stockholm

    "The authors of the present volume, Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion, focus on the material dimension of Old Norse mythology and the role played by myths in everyday life. More broadly expressed, the collection looks at the social, ceremonial... more

     

    "The authors of the present volume, Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion, focus on the material dimension of Old Norse mythology and the role played by myths in everyday life. More broadly expressed, the collection looks at the social, ceremonial and material contexts of myths. This topic has been underexplored in previous research on Old Norse myths, despite its important theoretical implications. However, discussions around materiality, in a more general sense, have for a long time been significant for historians of religion, especially archaeologists. Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion seeks to make the case for the relevance of materiality to literary historians and philologists as well.

    Questions relating to the theme of materiality and lived religion are posed in this book, including:

    • What do myths tell us about the material culture of the periods in which they were narrated?

    • What role did myths or mythical beings play in connection to, for instance, illnesses and remedies during the Viking Period and the Middle Ages?

    • How did ordinary people experience participation in a more formal sacrificial feast led by ritual specialists?

    The editors of this book are all associated with the Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Genders Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden."

     
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    Contributor: Wikström af Edholm, Klas (Publisher); Jackson Rova, Peter (Publisher); Nordberg, Andreas (Publisher); Sundqvist, Olof (Publisher); Zachrisson, Torun (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789176350997; 9789176350973; 9789176350980
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    Subjects: Prehistory; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Literature & literary studies; History; Archaeology; Religion & beliefs
    Other subjects: Viking and medieval Scandinavia; Myths; Materiality of religion; Lived religion; Snorra Edda; Poetic Edda and Skaldic Poetry
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (446 p.)
  20. Chinese reverse glass painting 1720-1820 : An artistic meeting between China and the West. Preface by Danielle Elisseeff
    Author: Audric, Thierry
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Bern

    Displaying a talent for combining aesthetic sensibility with scientific rigor, the author has given new life to something that once excited European passions: an original, non-academic art at the forefront of the ‘new technology’ of the time. For... more

     

    Displaying a talent for combining aesthetic sensibility with scientific rigor, the author has given new life to something that once excited European passions: an original, non-academic art at the forefront of the ‘new technology’ of the time. For decades, aristocrats of the Old World and then American collectors (the latter at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries) spent countless sums on the purchase of these works, which were worth a fortune. These wealthy collectors of curiosities of all types were also most certainly great dreamers seeking a worthy setting for their dreams. Unbeknownst to them, their endeavours had much greater scope, creating and nourishing the conditions for a rare encounter between two worlds: a golden age of atypical collaboration, a combined adventure between China and Europe.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Industrial / commercial art & design; History; Archaeology
    Other subjects: History; History of art
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (240 p.)
  21. Ceremonial Storytelling : Ritual and Narrative in Post-9/11 US Wars
    Author: Usbeck, Frank
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Bern

    US society has controversially debated civil-military relationships and war trauma since the Vietnam War. Civic activists today promote Indigenous warrior traditions as role models for non-Native veteran reintegration and health care. They... more

     

    US society has controversially debated civil-military relationships and war trauma since the Vietnam War. Civic activists today promote Indigenous warrior traditions as role models for non-Native veteran reintegration and health care. They particularly stress the role of ritual and narrative for civil-military negotiations of war experience and for trauma therapy. Applying a cultural-comparative lens, this book reads non-Native soldiers’ and veterans’ life writing from post-9/11 wars as «ceremonial storytelling.» It analyzes activist academic texts, «milblogs» written in the war zone, as well as «homecoming scenarios.» Soldiers’ and veterans’ interactions with civilians constitute jointly constructed, narrative civic rituals that discuss the meaning of war experience and homecoming.

     
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  22. Writing as Material Practice : Substance, surface and medium
    Author: Whitehouse, Ruth D.
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Ubiquity Press

    Writing as Material Practice grapples with the issue of writing as a form of material culture in its ancient and more recent manifestations, and in the contexts of production and consumption. Fifteen case studies explore the artefactual nature of... more

     

    Writing as Material Practice grapples with the issue of writing as a form of material culture in its ancient and more recent manifestations, and in the contexts of production and consumption. Fifteen case studies explore the artefactual nature of writing — the ways in which materials, techniques, colour, scale, orientation and visibility inform the creation of inscribed objects and spaces, as well as structure subsequent engagement, perception and meaning making. Covering a temporal span of some 5000 years, from c.3200 BCE to the present day, and ranging in spatial context from the Americas to the Near East, the chapters in this volume bring a variety of perspectives which contribute to both specific and broader questions of writing materialities.

    The authors also aim to place past graphical systems in their social contexts so they can be understood in relation to the people who created and attributed meaning to writing and associated symbolic modes through a diverse array of individual and wider social practices.

    (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.5334/bai)

     
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    Contributor: Piquette, Kathryn E. (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781909188259; 9781909188266
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    Subjects: Archaeology; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
    Other subjects: material culture; artefact; archaeology; symbolism; writing; Clay tablet; Quipu; Situla
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (342 p.)
  23. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture Theory
    Contributor: Kannike, Anu (Publisher); Pärn, Katre (Publisher); Tasa, Monika (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  University of Tartu Press, Tartu

    The central theme of the volume is interdisciplinary experimentation. The volume includes collaborative and interdisciplinary studies on a variety of topics, from territorialisation of theory, relations between culture theory and research... more

     

    The central theme of the volume is interdisciplinary experimentation. The volume includes collaborative and interdisciplinary studies on a variety of topics, from territorialisation of theory, relations between culture theory and research methodology, culture-dependent meaning formation, power relations in discourses on religion, communal heritage management, celebration practices of (national) holidays, conceptual boundaries of the ‘unnatural’, temporal boundaries in culture and cultural boundaries within archaeological material. Some of the chapters are dedicated to more general theoretical and methodological questions, while the majority of chapters use Estonian culture as source material for approaching broader cultural theoretical notions and questions.

    The chapters are the outcome of an experimental collaborative project aimed at bringing together representatives of various disciplines in order to find new ways to conceptualise and study their research objects or discover new study objects between disciplines. The approaches to interdisciplinary collaboration taken by the authors of the chapters are diverse. Some of them juxtapose or combine several disciplinary perspectives on common issue in order to highlight the multifaceted nature that escapes the purview of any one discipline. Some reveal similarities or complementarities between the disciplines despite the apparent differences in their metalanguage and theoretical apparatus. Others take a more integrative approach and aim to present a more holistic interdisciplinary theoretical or methodological framework. Several of the chapters re-evaluate or re-interpret existing data or case studies from the vantage points afforded by other fields, prompting questions that are not usually asked within their own field. In addition, the experimental collaboration also offered a space within which to explore issues located between disciplines and whose reoccurring presence becomes evident when diverse disciplines and studies are brought into dialogue.

     
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  24. Heritopia : World Heritage and modernity
    Author: Wienberg, Jes
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Lund University Press, Lund

    Heritopia explores the multiple meanings of the past in the present, using the famous temples of Abu Simbel and other World Heritage sites as points of departure. It employs three perspectives in its attempt to understand and explain both past and... more

     

    Heritopia explores the multiple meanings of the past in the present, using the famous temples of Abu Simbel and other World Heritage sites as points of departure. It employs three perspectives in its attempt to understand and explain both past and present the truth of knowledge, the beauties of narrative, and ethical demands. Crisis theories are rejected as nostalgic expressions of contemporary social criticism. Modernity is viewed as a collection of contradictory narratives and reinterpreted as a combination of technological progress and recently evolved ideas. The book argues that while heritage is expanding, it is not to be found everywhere, and its expansion does not constitute a problem. It investigates the World Heritage Convention as an innovation, demonstrating that the definition of a World Heritage site succeeds in creating a tenable category of outstanding and exclusive heritage. The book introduces the term “Heritopia” in order to conceptualise the utopian expectations associated with World Heritage. Finally, it points to the possibilities of using the past creatively when meeting present-day and future challenges.

     
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  25. New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology
    Author: Sonoda, Naoko
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Springer Nature, Cham

    Cultural Heritage; Achaeology more

     

    Cultural Heritage; Achaeology

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 978-981-10-0886-3; 9789811008863
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    Subjects: Archaeology; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
    Other subjects: Cultural Heritage; Achaeology
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (204 p.)