Re-Presenting the Past - Archaeology through Text and Image (Paperback, Oxbow)

The archaeological past exists for us through intermediaries. Some are written works, descriptions, narratives and field notes, while others are visual: the drawings, paintings, photographs, powerpoints or computer visualizations that allow us to re-present past forms of human existence. This volume brings together nine papers, six of which were presented at a symposium hosted at Brown University. Two papers explore the classical past and medieval visualizations. Three treat the Maya, and one considers the imaging by eighteenth-century antiquarians of British history; yet another ranges broadly in its historical considerations. Several consider the trajectory over time of visualization and self-imaging. Others engage with issues of recording by looking, for example, at the ways in which nineteenth-century excavation photographs can aid in the reconstruction of an inscription or by evaluating the process of mapping a site with ArcGIS and computer animation software. All essays raise key questions about the function of re-presentations of the past in current archaeological practice.

General

Imprint:	Oxbow Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Joukowsky Institute Publication, 2
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	July 2013
Editors:	Sheila Bonde • Stephen Houston
Dimensions:	235 x 166 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	215
Edition:	Oxbow
ISBN-13:	978-1-78297-231-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory
LSN:	1-78297-231-5
Barcode:	9781782972310

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