Monuments and Memory: Archaeological Perspectives on Commemoration

Examining the pasts, evolving meanings, and silenced histories surrounding public monuments

This volume examines many different public monuments to increase understanding of the cultural factors that have shaped their creation, maintenance, and—in some cases—removal. The role of monuments in communities and society continues to be an important and controversial topic, and the case studies in this volume contribute to this conversation by assessing the ways such markers can be empowering or...