Archaeologies of the Contemporary PastArchaeologies of the Contemporary Past turns what is usually seen as a method for investigating the distant past onto the present. In doing so, it reveals fresh ways of looking both at ourselves and modern society as well as the discipline of archaeology. This volume represents the most recent research in this area and examines a variety of contexts including: * Art Deco * landfills * miner strikes * college fraternities * an abandoned council house |
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Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past Victor Buchli,Gavin Lucas,Margaret Cox No preview available - 2001 |
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Aesthetic movement aircraft Allan Jarnell American apartheid archaeological act Argentina Art Deco artifacts Auschwitz behavioral Bill Anderson British Cassapi ceramics Clarice Cliff Cliff collective Colorado construction consumer societies consumerism consumerist consumption contemporary past context crash crime cryptohistories decorative design history discipline discourse ethnic example excavation experience families forensic anthropology forensic archaeology forensic science fraternity Garbage Project garbology Gavin Lucas Heritage Sites Historical Archaeology household human rights identity individuals interpretation interviews investigations involved issues lived London Ludlow Ludlow Massacre Majewski mass graves material culture studies material traces materialisation memory Miller modern material culture National Monuments objects Oradour patterns perspective political popular present Press production Rathje recent past relation relationship remains reported responsible role Schiffer social strike style traditional transfer-printed Tucson twentieth century understanding University victims Victor Buchli waste William Rathje women Zeta Psi