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Making Senses of the Past: Toward a Sensory Archaeology (Occasional Papers)
Jo Day (Ed.)
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Paperback. Num Pages: 444 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
Since the nineteenth century, museums have kept their artifacts in glass cases to better preserve them. This practice has led to an archaeology dominated by visual descriptions of relics, 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 Making Senses of the Past is one of the first collected volumes of its kind on this subject. The essays in this volume take readers on a multisensory journey around the world and across time, explore alternative ways to perceive past societies, ... Read more
Since the nineteenth century, museums have kept their artifacts in glass cases to better preserve them. This practice has led to an archaeology dominated by visual descriptions of relics, 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 Making Senses of the Past is one of the first collected volumes of its kind on this subject. The essays in this volume take readers on a multisensory journey around the world and across time, explore alternative ways to perceive past societies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809332878
SKU
V9780809332878
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About Jo Day (Ed.)
Jo Day is a lecturer in Classical Archaeology and Classical Museum Curator, University College, Dublin Ireland. She earned a BA from Trinity College in Dublin, an MA from the University of Sheffield, and a PhD from Trinity College in Dublin. She has published journal essays and has contributed chapters to other edited volumes. This is her second edited collection as ... Read more
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