Making Early Histories in Museums

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

1999
Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7185-0110-5 (ISBN)

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One in a series of volumes on making history in museums, this text reflects the debate about interpretation and making history in an archaeological museum context. It describes the reliance of those working on the early periods of history on the fragmentary information provided by archaeology.

This text examines the debate about interpretation and making history in the context of archaeological museums. the reliance of those working on the early periods of the past on the fragmentary information provided by archaeology, as well as an imperfect documentary record, brings its own interpretative challenges. While much has been written in the context of archaeological theory about the partiality and subjectivity of archaeologists' interpretations of the past, less has been written about the implications of this for the interpretations of archaeology by a non-specialist audience in museums. As a result, the past presented in archaeological museums has tended to follow a traditional and uncritical model. This book challenges the traditional approach by combining some of the debate about the interpretation of the past that characterizes modern archaeology and museology with a critical approach to the interpretation of the early past in museums.

Presenting archaeology; the representation of prehistory in museums; rule(d) Britannia - displaying Roman Britain in the museum; viewing the "Dark Ages" - the portrayal of early Anglo-Saxon life and material culture in museums; the dilemma of didactic displays - habitat dioramas, life groups and reconstructions of the past; imag(in)ing the past - the politics and practicalities of reconstructions in the museum gallery; archaeology, gender and the museum; sorenson; wargames and wendy houses - open air reconstructions of prehistoric life; interaction or tokenism? - the role of "hands-on activities" in museum archaeology displays; thinking things over - aspects of contemporary attitudes towards archaeology, museums and material culture.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.1999
Reihe/Serie	Making Histories in Museums S.
Zusatzinfo	13 figures, index
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Gewicht	469 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Reisen ► Reiseführer
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7185-0110-1 / 0718501101
ISBN-13	978-0-7185-0110-5 / 9780718501105
Zustand	Neuware