03140nam 2200433 450 991058598540332120230516143336.0(CKB)5690000000026482(NjHacI)995690000000026482(EXLCZ)99569000000002648220230516d2022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Contemporary Archaeology of London's Mega Events from the Great Exhibition to London 2012 /Jonathan GardnerLondon, United Kingdom :UCL Press,2022.1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) illustrations1-80008-242-8 1. Introduction: Mega events as time machines -- 2. Mega methodologies -- 3. 1851: Rematerialising the Great Exhibition -- 4. All that is solid melts: The Crystal Palace at Sydenham,1854-2021 -- 5. Rebuilding the past at the South Bank Exhibition and the Festival of Britain, 1951 -- 6. Games Time: London 2012 and the absent present -- 7. Legacy or heritage? Making time in the post-Olympic city -- 8. Discussion: The contemporary archaeology of mega events.Contemporary Archaeology of London's Mega Events explores the traces of London's most significant modern 'mega events'. Though only open for a few weeks or months, mega events permanently and disruptively reshape their host cities and societies: they demolish and rebuild whole districts, they draw in materials and participants from around the globe and their organisers self-consciously seek to leave a 'legacy' that will endure for decades or more. With London as his case study, Jonathan Gardner argues that these spectacles must be seen as long-lived and persistent, rather than simply transient or short-term. Using a novel methodology drawn from the field of contemporary archaeology - the archaeology of the recent past and present-day - a broad range of comparative studies are used to explore the long-term history of each event. These include the contents and building materials of the Great Exhibition's Crystal Palace and their extraordinary 'afterlife' at Sydenham, South London; how the Festival of Britain's South Bank Exhibition employed displays of ancient history to construct a new post-war British identity; and how London 2012, as the latest of London's mega events, dealt with competing visions of the past as archaeology, waste and heritage in its efforts to create a positive legacy for future generations.Contemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events Contemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events Special eventsUrban archaeologyAntiquitiesEnglandLondonSpecial events.Urban archaeology.Antiquities.942.100909Gardner Jonathan1281136NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910585985403321A contemporary archaeology of Londons mega events3018204UNINA