Archaeology, the Public and the Recent Past

Author: Chris Dalglish, Andrew Wilson, Audrey Horning, Biddy Simpson, Catriona Mackie, David Bowsher, James Dixon, Janet Montgomery and Professor Harold Mytum Series: Society for Post Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series

Essays dealing with the question of how the theory and practice of archaeology should engage with the recent past.

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Essays dealing with the question of how the theory and practice of archaeology should engage with the recent past.

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Essays dealing with the question of how the theory and practice of archaeology should engage with the recent past.Heritage, memory, community archaeology and the politics of the past form the main strands running through the papers in this volume.The authors tackle these subjects from a range of different philosophical perspectives, with manydrawing on the experience of recent community, commercial and other projects. Throughout, there is a strong emphasis on both the philosophy of engagement and with its enactment in specific contexts; the essays deal with an interest in the meaning, value and contested nature of the recent past and in the theory and practice of archaeological engagements with that past.Chris Dalglish is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Glasgow.Contributors: Julia Beaumont, David Bowsher, Terry Brown, Jo Buckberry, Chris Dalglish, James Dixon, Audrey Horning, Robert Isherwood, Robert C Janaway, Melanie Johnson, Sian Jones, Catriona Mackie, Janet Montgomery, Harold Mytum, Michael Nevell, Natasha Powers, Biddy Simpson, Matt Town, Andrew Wilson

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“[A] useful and enjoyable book which will serve as a good introduction to the issues it raises for those unfamiliar to them. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL”

[A] useful and enjoyable book which will serve as a good introduction to the issues it raises for those unfamiliar to them. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL