Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past

by Victor Buchli, Gavin Lucas

Overview

Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past turns what is usually seen as a method for investigating the distant past onto the present. In doing so, it reveals fresh ways of looking both at ourselves and modern society as well as the discipline of archaeology.
This volume represents the most recent research in this area and examines a variety of contexts including:
* Art Deco
* landfills
* miner strikes
* college fraternities
* an abandoned council house.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415232791
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/25/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Buchli, Victor; Lucas, Gavin

Table of Contents

Figures, Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 The absent present: archaeologies of the contemporary past, PART I Production and consumption, PART II Remembering and forgetting, PART III Disappearance and disclosure, Conclusions, Index

Editorial Reviews

'This book provides a long sequence of moving, powerful papers that confront and challenge us. the authors in this volume can be congratulated for pushing beyond the edges of the discipline and so opening a rather different vision.' Ian Hodder,from the Epilogue.

'A good, interesting book...a crucial insight for anyone in heritage management.' - K.Kris Hirst, About.com

From the Publisher

Buchli (anthropology, U. College London) and Lucas, currently directing excavation and post-excavation programs for the Cambridge Archaeological Unit and several colleagues describe how they explore the present with methods developed to investigate the distant past. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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