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We take for granted the survival into the present of artifacts from the past. Indeed the discipline of archaeology would be impossible without the survival of such artifacts. What is the implication of the durability or ephemerality of past material culture for the reproduction of societies in the past? In this book, Andrew Jones argues that the material world offers a vital framework for the formation of collective memory. He uses the topic of memory to critique the treatment of artifacts show more as symbols by interpretative archaeologists and artifacts as units of information (or memes) by behavioral archaeologists, instead arguing for a treatment of artifacts as forms of mnemonic trace that have an impact on the senses. Using detailed case studies from prehistoric Europe, he further argues that archaeologists can study the relationship between mnemonic traces in the form of networks of reference in artifactual and architectural forms. show lessTags
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Throughout the reading of this text I had one reoccurring thought..."sometimes a pot is just a pot."
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Andrew Jones is currently Rector of Llanbedrog and Llannor and Rural Dean of Llyn and Eifionydd in the Diocese of Bangor (Wales). In his present post, he leads and participates in many pilgrimages to sites in Wales related to the Early Church.
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- Memory and Material Culture
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