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Toward an Archaeology of Buildings

Contexts and concepts

£33.00
Editors:
Gunilla Malm
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715520
Paperback:
130pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, tables and illustrations
ISBN 10:
1841715522
BAR number:
S1186
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Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
This volume is an exposé of building archaeological research works and building restorations. It is well known that buildings and their restorations mirror the dynamics of societies. Whether as a single monument, clustered in villages, towns, or cities, or even as single rooms or spaces, buildings and restorations result from socio-economic, political, or ideological power or expressions. But there are many different ways of looking at buildings and restorations in this respect, as the authors of this volume show. The 10 papers are presented in chronological order from ancient to modern times and the sites and areas under discussion include Crete, Mycenae, Pompeii, Scandinavia, Jamaica (Spanish Town) and Tongaat, South Africa.