Dark Abyss of Time - Memory and Archaeology

Informationen zum Autor Laurent Olivier is curator of the Department of Celtic and Gaulish archaeology at the National Museum of Archaeology in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, outside Paris. He teaches at the École du Louvre and the École pratique des hautes études. He is working on a dig on the site of Iron Age salt marshes in Marsal (northeastern France).Arthur Greenspan is a professor of French at Colby College. Klappentext Olivier's ambitious work, newly translated into English from the French, brilliantly explicates the new approach to archaeological remains based on the theory that archaeology is the science of constantly reconstituted memory. Zusammenfassung Olivier’s ambitious work, newly translated into English from the French, brilliantly explicates the new approach to archaeological remains based on the theory that archaeology is the science of constantly reconstituted memory. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: In the BeginningChapter 2: When Once There Was a Once Upon a TimeChapter 3: Pages Written in EarthChapter 4: An Archaeology of the PresentChapter 5: A Field of RuinsChapter 6: Ragmen of the PastChapter 7: Palimpsests and Memory-ObjectsChapter 8: A Biology of FormsConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Laurent Olivier
• Assisted by: Arthur Greenspan (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2011
• EAN: 9780759120457
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-2045-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Archaeology in Society; Archaeology in Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)