After modernity: archaeological approaches to the contemporary past

Rodney Harrison and John Schofield explore how archaeology can inform the study of our own society and other late-modern societies through detailed case studies and a summary of the existing literature. They draw together cross-disciplinary perspectives, and develop a new agenda for the study of the materiality of contemporary societies. INDICE: 1: Introduction; 1. Surveying the field: the development of an archaeology of the recent and contemporary past; 2: A disciplinary (pre)history; 3: Field methods; 4: Working across disciplines; 5: Theory and politics; 2.Archaeological approaches to late modern societies; 6: Artefacts; 7: Sites; 8: Landscapes; 9: Non-places and virtual worlds; 10: Conclusions

• ISBN: 978-0-19-954808-8
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 344
• Fecha Publicación: 22/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés