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From Stonehenge to Las Vegas Archaeology As Popular Culture

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ISBN-10: 0759102678

ISBN-13: 9780759102675

Edition: 2004

Authors: Cornelius Holtorf, Cornelius Holtorf

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The connections between archaeology and contemporary culture are endless. In this work, Cornelius Holtorf merges archaeological and cultural theory to take readers on an erudite tour of these intersections, using wide-ranging examples and compelling images to support his often controversial theses.
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Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 4/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.08" wide x 9.14" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Cornelius Holtorf is Assistant Professor in the Institute for Archaeology and Ancient History at University of Lund, Sweden. Holtorf is currently concentrating on the Monte da Igrega excavation project in Portugal and on a joint network project, The Archaeology of Zoos. Angela Piccini is a Research Councils Academic Fellow in the Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television at the University of Bristol. Current research is focused through performativity, place, space, with specific research activities in media archaeologies and in the challenges presented by e-Science to understandings of place and archive.

Archaeology and popular culture
Below the surface
The archaeologist in the field
Interpreting traces
Past meanings
Contemporaneous meanings
Authenticity
The past as a renewable resource
Archaeo-appeal