Making senses of the past :: toward a sensory archaeology /

Since the nineteenth century, museums have kept their artifacts in glass cases to better preserve them, and drawings and photographs have become standard ways of presenting the past. These practices have led to an archaeology dominated by visual description, even though human interaction with the su...

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Körperschaften: Annual Visiting Scholar Conference Carbondale, Ill., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Center for Archaeological Investigations
Weitere Verfasser: Day, Jo (Jo Christine)
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Carbondale : Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
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Schriftenreihe:Occasional paper (Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Center for Archaeological Investigations) ; no. 40.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung:Since the nineteenth century, museums have kept their artifacts in glass cases to better preserve them, and drawings and photographs have become standard ways of presenting the past. These practices have led to an archaeology dominated by visual description, even though human interaction with the surrounding world involves the whole body and all of its senses. In the past few years, sensory archaeology has become more prominent, and this book is one of the first collected volumes on this subject. This book presents cutting-edge research on theoretical issues. The essays presented here take readers on a multisensory journey around the world and across time. In ancient Peru, a site provides sensory surprises as voices resound beneath the ground and hidden carvings slowly reveal their secrets. In Canada and New Zealand, the flicker of reflected light from a lake dances on the faces of painted rocks and may have influenced when and why the pigment was applied. In Mesopotamia, vessels for foodstuffs build a picture of a past cuisine that encompasses taste and social activity in the building of communities. While perfume and flowers are examined in various cultures, in the chamber tombs of ancient Roman Palestine, we are reminded that not all smells are pleasant. This book explores alternative ways to perceive past societies and offers a new way of wiring archaeology that incorporates the senses.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 429 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780809332878
0809332876
9780809333134
0809333139

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