Dead Relevant: Introducing the Public Archaeology of Death
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1. | Title | Title of document | Dead Relevant: Introducing the Public Archaeology of Death - The Public Archaeology of Death |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Howard Williams; University of Chester; |
3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | archaeology |
4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | burial; commemoration of the dead; human remains; mortuary archaeology; osteoarchaeology; mortality; material culture |
5. | Subject | Subject classification | mortuary archaeology |
6. | Description | Abstract | Introducing the ten chapters of the book which each explore different dimensions of the public archaeology of death, this introduction asks: why and how are the archaeologically derived traces of human remains and mortuary monuments “dead relevant”? In other words, how has mortuary archaeology, from catacombs to cremated remains, come to enthral and gain significance in contemporary society, and how does it continue to do so? Considering the diversity of archaeological field investigation, curation and display in museums, contestation and dialogues between archaeologists, stakeholders and descendent communities, and the publications and popular receptions of the archaeological dead in the arts, literature and media, as well as via ancient monuments and historic landscapes, the public archaeology of death is a vibrant field of future research. |
7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Jan-2019 |
10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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12. | Format | File format | |
13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/34661 |
14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.34661 |
15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Public Archaeology of Death |
16. | Language | English=en | en |
18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | |
19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |