Materiel culture : the archaeology of 20th century conflict / / edited by John Schofield, William Gray Johnson, and Colleen M. Beck

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology and history; Social archaeology; War and society - History - 20th century; Social conflict - History - 20th century; Material culture - History - 20th century; Historic sites - Conservation and restoration; Historic preservation; Excavations (Archaeology)
• Altri autori: SchofieldA. J JohnsonWilliam Gray <1957-> BeckColleen M
• Note generali: Chiefly papers presented at the World Archaeological Congress, held Jan. 1999 in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Series editors' foreword; Preface; Introduction: materiel culture in the modern world; Paradox in places: twentieth-century battlefield sites in long-term perspective; The ironic 'culture of shells' in the Great War and beyond; The battlefield of the Dukla Pass: an archaeological perspective on the end of the Cold War in Europe; The Salpa Line: a monument of the future and the traces of war in the Finnish cultural landscape ; Forgotten and refound military structures in the Central Pacific: examples from the Marshall IslandsThe archaeology of scientific experiments at a nuclear testing ground; Missing in action: searching for America's war dead; Mapping Cambodia's 'killing fields'; Tell the truth: the archaeology of human rights abuses in Guatemala and the former Yugoslavia; Violent spaces: conflict over the reappearance of Argentina's disappeared; Biography of a medal: people and the things they value; Monuments and the memories of war: motivations for preserving military sites in England ; 'So suspicious of enemies': Australia's late nineteenth- and twentieth-century coastal defences, their archaeology and interpretationHistoric airfields: evaluation and conservation; Social space and social control: analysing movement and management on modern military sites; The differing development paths of Second World War concentration camps and the possibility of an application of a principle of equifinality; A many-faced heritage: the wars of Indochina; Evaluating and managing Cold War era historic properties: the cultural significance of US Air Force defensive radar systems ; Archaeological examination of Cold War architecture: a reactionary cultural response to the threat of nuclear warThe Berlin Wall: an archaeological site in progress; Managing heritage in District Six, Cape Town: conflicts past and present; In small things remembered: significance and vulnerability in the management of Robben Island World Heritage Site; Troubling remnants: dealing with the remains of conflict in Northern Ireland; Displaying history's violent heritage: how does the archivist approach exhibiting documents which relate to violent events? ; The hammering of society: non-correspondence and modernityIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Matériel culture encompasses the material remains of conflict, from buildings and monuments to artefacts and militia, as well as human remains. This collection of essays, from an international range of contributors, illustrates the diversity in this material record, highlights the difficulties and challenges in preserving, presenting and interpreting it, and above all demonstrates the significant role matériel culture can play in contemporary society. Among the many studies are: * the 'culture of shells' * the archaeology of nuclear testing grounds * Cambodia's 'killing fields'
• Titolo autorizzato: Materiel culture
• ISBN: 1-134-56829-0; 1-134-56830-4; 1-280-05741-6; 0-203-16574-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818551303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: One world archaeology ; ; 44.