Difficult Pasts and Haunted Presents: Contemporary Archaeology and Conflict in an Age of Global Uncertainty

This article examines the role of archaeology in contemporary society. It works from the premise that archaeology is a form of socio-political action and explores some of the ways in which archaeologies of the recent past can have therapeutic or cathartic effects. Three case studies are presented. T...

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Main Author: James Symonds
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Lodz University Press 2019-12-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/archaeo/article/view/6711