Images, Representations and Heritage: Moving beyond Modern Approaches to Archaeology
Hardcover
2006 · New York, NY
by Russell, Ian (editor)
New York, NY: Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, 2006. Hardcover. VG (Ex-art library, with i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, otherwise clean.). Black & illus. glossy boards, 389 pp., BW illus. A collection of 12 scholarly essays on the topic, with additional commentary. "Archaeological theory has shown that images of the past have carried a particularly strong resonance within modern social groups. This volume explores the impact that the phenomenon of archaeology has had on the representation of the past in the modern world. ... [It] does not conjure up romantic beliefs about the project of archaeology, but rather,it signals a fundamental revision of archaeology -- not what it is, but what it can do." (back cover). (Inventory #: 157746)