Author : Katina T. Lillios
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781842179666
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (796 download)
Book Synopsis Material Mnemonics by : Katina T. Lillios
Download or read book Material Mnemonics written by Katina T. Lillios and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2010 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did ancient Europeans materialise memory? Material Mnemonics: Everyday Practices in Prehistoric Europe provides a fresh approach to the archaeological study of memory. Drawing on case studies from the British Isles, Scandinavia, central Europe, Greece, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula that date from the Neolithic through the Iron Age, the book's authors explore the implications of our understanding of the past when memory and mnemonic practices are placed in the center of cultural analyses. They discuss monument building, personal adornment, relic-making, mortuary rituals, the burning of bodies and houses and the maintenance of domestic spaces and structures over long periods of time. Material Mnemonics engages with contemporary debates on the intersection of memory, identity, embodiment, and power and challenges archaeologists to consider how materiality both provokes and constrains the mnemonic processes in everyday life.