Memory and Material Culture
Memory and Material Culture
In this book, Andrew Jones argues that the material world offers a vital framework for the formation of collective memory. He uses the topic of memory to critique the treatment of artifacts as symbols by interpretative archaeologists and artifacts as units of information (or memes) by behavioral archaeologists, instead arguing for a treatment of artifacts as forms of mnemonic trace that have an impact on the senses. Using detailed case studies from prehistoric Europe, he further argues that archaeologists can study the relationship between mnemonic traces in the form of networks of reference in artefactual and architectural forms.
- Develops new theories
- Contains detailed case studies
- Integrates work on memory in archaeology with cognate disciplines including: anthropology, psychology, cognitive science
Reviews & endorsements
"Memory and Material is an engaging and valuable book." -Peter S. Wells, Journal of Anthropological Research
Product details
January 2008Adobe eBook Reader
9780511339868
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38 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Memory and material culture?
- 2. From memory to commemoration
- 3. People, time and remembrance
- 4. Improvising culture
- 5. Continuous houses, perpetual places
- 6. Culture, citation and categorisation
- 7. Chains of memory
- 8. The art of memory
- 9. Tracing the past
- 10. Coda.
