Making Early Histories in Museums - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0718501101 ISBN 13 : 9780718501105

Editeur : Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This text examines the debate about interpretation and making history in the context of archaeological museums. the reliance of those working on the early periods of the past on the fragmentary information provided by archaeology, as well as an imperfect documentary record, brings its own interpretative challenges. While much has been written in the context of archaeological theory about the partiality and subjectivity of archaeologists' interpretations of the past, less has been written about the implications of this for the interpretations of archaeology by a non-specialist audience in museums. As a result, the past presented in archaeological museums has tended to follow a traditional and uncritical model. This book challenges the traditional approach by combining some of the debate about the interpretation of the past that characterizes modern archaeology and museology with a critical approach to the interpretation of the early past in museums.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0718501101
• ISBN 13: 9780718501105
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Merriman Nick
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible