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Zusatztext ...offers us important insights... Informationen zum Autor Rosemary Joyce is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her previous publications include Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology and, as editor with Barry Cunliffe and Chris Gosden, The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology. Klappentext In this book, a contemporary archaeologist critically examines designs experts advising the US government suggested to mark nuclear waste sites and prevent their excavation thousands of years into the future: to build either an artificial ruin, or install a landscape scale artwork; and explores why planners thought they would work. Zusammenfassung In this book, a contemporary archaeologist critically examines designs experts advising the US government suggested to mark nuclear waste sites and prevent their excavation thousands of years into the future: to build either an artificial ruin, or install a landscape scale artwork; and explores why planners thought they would work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Stonehenge in Nevada Interlude 1: Forbidding Blocks Chapter 2: Serpent Mound Interlude 2: Menacing Earthworks Chapter 3: Rosetta Stones and Cuneiform Tablets Interlude 3: Spikes Bursting Through Grid Chapter 4: Indelible Messages from Newgrange to Kakadu Park Interlude 4: Australian Art in Nuclear Landscapes Chapter 5: Enduring Meaning Conclusion: Stories About Endings References Cited
