Binding: Paperback
Description: An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era approaches the contemporary age between the late nineteenth and twenty - first centuries as an archaeological period defined by specific material processes. It reflects on the theory and practice of the archaeology of the contemporary past from epistemological political ethical and aesthetic viewpoints and characterises the present based on archaeological traces from the spatial temporal and material excesses that define it. The materiality of our era the book argues and particularly its ruins and rubbish reveals something profound original and disturbing about humanity. This is the first attempt at describing the contemporary era from an archaeological point of view. Global in scope the book brings together case studies from every continent and considers sources from peripheral and rarely considered traditions meanwhile engaging in an interdisciplinary dialogue with philosophy anthropology history and geography. An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era will be essential reading for students and practitioners of the archaeology of the contemporary past historical archaeology and archaeological theory. It will also be of interest to anybody concerned with globalisation modernity and the Anthropocene.
Title: An Archaeology Of The Contemporary Era
Author(s): Gonzalez - Ruibal Alfredo (Institute Of Heritage Sciences Of The Spanish National Research Council Spain.)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138338449
Pages: 236 Pages, 2 Line Drawings, Black And White; 58 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 12/21/2018
Category: Archaeological Theory