Experiencing the Past - On the Character of Archaeology

List of contents

Introduction; Prelude: The Visit; Part 1 Archaeological Method; Chapter 1 Trees and Gardens; Part 2 Archaeological Interests; Chapter 2 Desire and Metaphor; Chapter 3 Perfume and Violence; Part 3 The Encounter with the Past; Chapter 4 What is the Archaeological Past?; Chapter 5 Wallington Hall; Chapter 6 Experience and the Past; Chapter 7 Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland; Part 4 Working Archaeology; Chapter 8 The Craft of Archaeology; Chapter 9 An Archaeological Poetics; Chapter 10 Death and the Domestic;

About the author

Shanks, Michael

Summary

In Experiencing the Past Michael Shanks presents an animated exploration of the character of archaeology and reclaims the sentiment and feeling which are so often lost in purely academic approaches.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Shanks
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.1991
• EAN: 9780415055840
• ISBN: 978-0-415-05584-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 580 g
• Series: Material Cultures
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc