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Denis Byrne - Surface Collection, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

Surface Collection

Archaeological Travels in Southeast Asia

Av Denis Byrne

Del i serien Worlds of Archaeology

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Written as a travelogue, Surface Collection: Archaeological Travels in Southeast Asia tackles the most pressing issues of cultural-heritage management in an engaging and accessible way. In each chapter the author makes the past relevant to the present through his encounters with archaeological sites. While the book's anecdotes are associated primarily with Thailand and Indonesia—from a decaying National Museum in Manila, to the search for traces of the thousands of Communists who were killed after an attempted coup in Bali, to the discovery of a bottle of perfume found among the personal effects of Indonesian ex-president Sukarno—they have broad international interest because of the issues they raise. These archaeological stories, again and again, remind us what history both remembers and conceals.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2007-09-16
  • Mått: 159 x 238 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 454 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Worlds of Archaeology
  • Antal sidor: 208
  • Förlag: AltaMira Press
  • ISBN: 9780759110175
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Denis Byrne is an archaeologist who lives in Sydney. His doctoral project at the Australian National University in Canberra involved an examination of the history and politics of archaeological heritage management in Southeast Asia and Australia.

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In this spellbinding set of essays Byrne has successfully charted a new direction in writing archaeology and heritage. Surface Collection interweaves indigenous religion, politics and heritage ethics in innovative and provocative ways, bringing the unique materialities of Southeast Asia within the large framing of contemporary social archaeology. It is quite simply a tour de force.

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