Critical Historical Archaeology

Mark P Leone (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2010
Left Coast Press Inc (Verlag)
9781598743975 (ISBN)

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How can we use the past to make sense of the issues and problems that concern us in the present? Mark Leone, the leading critical theorist in historical archaeology, urges archaeologists to view their discipline as an activist pursuit. This volume is partly his autobiographical reflection on a thirty five year career, part a collection of Leone’s classic writings on Annapolis, Williamsburg, Shakertown, St. Mary’s, and other key sites, and part a synthesis of his current thinking on how historical archaeology can engage the cultural and political issues of our time. Critical Historical Archaeology is an important summary of the work and thinking of one of our most thoughtful, influential archaeologists.

Dr. Leone is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is interested in critical theory, as it applies to archaeology, and particularly, to historical archaeology. He has directed Archaeology in Annapolis since 1981. Leone is committed to public interpretation of archaeology and is interested in exploring the relationship between public interpretation and the politics of Archaeology.

Part 1 Why Excavate?; Chapter 1 Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; Chapter 2 Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky; Chapter 3 Catholic and Protestant Relations in Maryland; Chapter 4 Establishing Site Significance; Chapter 5 The Virtues of Various Archaeological Theories; Part 2 Excavating Ideology; Chapter 6 The William Paca Garden as Ideology, Not Taste; Chapter 7 Technologies of the Self; Chapter 8 Ideology at Work as Religion; Chapter 9 Mormon Fences; Chapter 10 Mental Instability; Chapter 11 Subversive Genealogy; Part 3 Changing Things; Chapter 12 Public Tours; Chapter 13 A Lthusser at Work; Chapter 14 Exhibits; Chapter 15 The Ending; Chapter 101 Coda;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.2010
Verlagsort	Walnut Creek
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
ISBN-13	9781598743975 / 9781598743975
Zustand	Neuware