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Memory and Material Culture

Andrew Jones
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      We take for granted the survival into the present of artifacts from the past. Indeed the discipline of archaeology would be impossible without the survival of such artifacts. What is the implication of the durability or ephemerality of past material culture for the reproduction of societies in the past? 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 artifactual and architectural forms.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Andrew Jones EAN: 9780521837088 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 540 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-09-10 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Anthropology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Archaeological theory

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      Andrew Jones is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice and editor of Coloring the Past.
      We take for granted the survival into the present of artifacts from the past. Indeed the discipline of archaeology would be impossible without the survival of such artifacts. What is the implication of the durability or ephemerality of past material culture for the reproduction of societies in the past? 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 artifactual and architectural forms.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Andrew Jones EAN: 9780521837088 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 540 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-09-10 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Anthropology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Archaeological theory

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      Andrew Jones is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice and editor of Coloring the Past.

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