03378nam 2200769 a 450 991046376010332120200520144314.01-282-16648-497866138095511-57233-888-1(CKB)3170000000046049(EBL)979640(OCoLC)821735604(SSID)ssj0000700941(PQKBManifestationID)11403563(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000700941(PQKBWorkID)10672869(PQKB)10883078(MiAaPQ)EBC979640(OCoLC)805830378(MdBmJHUP)muse15964(Au-PeEL)EBL979640(CaPaEBR)ebr10583955(CaONFJC)MIL380955(EXLCZ)99317000000004604920120521d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArchaeology, narrative, and the politics of the past[electronic resource] the view from southern Maryland /Julia A. King1st ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Press20121 online resource (290 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57233-851-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.The bounds of history -- How the past became a place -- The transient nature of all things sublunary -- Collecting Utopia -- The past is a rural landscape -- Commemorative hauntings -- Beyond storytelling.In this innovative work, Julia King moves nimbly among a variety of sources and disciplinary approaches-archaeological, historical, architectural, literary, and art-historical-to show how places take on, convey, and maintain meanings. Focusing on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland, King looks at the ways in which various groups, from patriots and politicians of the antebellum era to present-day archaeologists and preservationists, have transformed key landscapes into historical, indeed sacred, spaces. The sites King examines include the region's vanishing tobArchaeologyChesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)ArchaeologyMarylandHistoric sitesPsychological aspectsHistoric sitesConservation and restorationChesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)Historic sitesConservation and restorationMarylandCollective memoryAntiquities in popular cultureChesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)Antiquities in popular cultureMarylandSaint Marys City (Md.)HistoryElectronic books.ArchaeologyArchaeologyHistoric sitesPsychological aspects.Historic sitesConservation and restorationHistoric sitesConservation and restorationCollective memory.Antiquities in popular cultureAntiquities in popular culture975.5/18King Julia A.1956-1033197MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463760103321Archaeology, narrative, and the politics of the past2451600UNINA