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Matériel culture: the archaeology of Twentieth-Century conflict

Matériel culture: the archaeology of Twentieth-Century conflict
Matériel culture: the archaeology of Twentieth-Century conflict
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'
* the Berlin Wall
* and the biography of a medal
*the reappearance of Argentina's 'disappeared'
*World War II concentration camps
0415233879
Routledge
Beck, Colleen M.
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Johnson, William Gray
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Schofield, John
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Beck, Colleen M.
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Johnson, William Gray
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Schofield, John
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Beck, Colleen M., Johnson, William Gray and Schofield, John (eds.) (2002) Matériel culture: the archaeology of Twentieth-Century conflict (One World Archaeology, 44), vol. 44, London, UK; New York, USA. Routledge, 348pp.

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Abstract

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'
* the Berlin Wall
* and the biography of a medal
*the reappearance of Argentina's 'disappeared'
*World War II concentration camps

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Published date: 2002
Additional Information: Chiefly papers presented at the World Archaeological Congress, held Jan. 1999 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Local EPrints ID: 46084
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46084
ISBN: 0415233879
PURE UUID: 6dbc2337-f8a5-46c4-ade8-2a5606df3117

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Date deposited: 18 May 2007
Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 20:54

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Editor: Colleen M. Beck
Editor: William Gray Johnson
Editor: John Schofield

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