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dc.contributor.authorVan de Noort, Roberten_GB
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Aidanen_GB
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Exeter (Van de Noort)en_GB
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-13T13:11:50Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-25T10:36:24Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T14:03:57Z
dc.date.issued2006en_GB
dc.description.abstract[SUMMARY] Wetland archaeology has provided some of the most exciting discoveries in world archaeology, from bog bodies in northern Europe, to prehistoric and medieval wetland dwellings in central and western Europe, New Zealand, Japan and the Pacific Northwest. Arguably, however, the amount of evidence from these sites and the need for intense multidisciplinary scientific analysis, allied to a general tendency towards empiricist research, has led to wetland archaeology being isolated from current theoretical debates. Rethinking Wetland Archaeology shows how wetland studies can be contextualised within broader geographical, cultural and theoretical frameworks. It discusses how wetland archaeological discoveries can be understood in terms of past people’s perception and understanding of landscape, which was not only a source of economic benefit, but a storehouse of, and a metaphor for, cultural values and beliefs. It argues that archaeologists interested in the temporal rhythms of life, and in cultural biographies of place and objects, should look again at the astonishingly detailed narratives produced by wetland archaeology. Finally, it considers the past and future role of wetland archaeologists in contemporary political and social discourses.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10036/30029en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherDuckworth, Londonen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDuckworth debates in archaeologyen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ducknet.co.uk/en_GB
dc.subjectwetland archaeologyen_GB
dc.titleRethinking Wetland Archaeologyen_GB
dc.typeBook chapteren_GB
dc.date.available2008-06-13T13:11:50Zen_GB
dc.date.available2011-01-25T10:36:24Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-03-20T14:03:57Z
dc.identifier.isbn0-7156-3438-0en_GB
dc.descriptionThis extract has been reproduced with permission of Duckworth Publishers. Details of the definitive version of this publication are available at: http://www.ducknet.co.uk/academic/title.php?titleissue_id=47en_GB


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