Packed with valuable ideas and case studies to help increase museum visitation and museum store sales, this valuable resource is a must for everyone in the business of connecting people with the cultural wealth of our museums and parks...
Originally published in 1991, this book tackles the basic problem of the relationship between text and artefact in an analysis of prehistoric art. Focusing on a collection of rock carvings from northern Sweden, it fuses theory and the practice of interpretation to create a fresh framework for unders..
Herman Ronnenberg, a historical archaeologist and brewery expert who participates in major brewery clubs and publishes regularly on the topic, offers something for everyone from scholars to casual beer aficionados. He traces the evolution of techniques, equipment, raw materials, and architecture ove..
Should we keep the physical evidence of conflicts and wars? This collection challenges our perception of cultural heritage, with essays investigating among others Cambodia, the Berlin Wall and concentration camps...
In its multidisciplinary approach and wide-ranging contributions, the book looks at trench art and postcards through museum collections to prosthetic limbs, and examines the First World War and its significance through the things it left behind...
This volume advances theoretical discussions of island archaeology by offering a comparative study of the archaeology of colonisation, abandonment, and resettlement of the Mediterranean islands in prehistory...
The twenty-six original contributions here represent the carefully selected work of progressive archaeologists around the world, covering the use of models on archaeological material of all kinds and from all periods from Palaeolithic to Medieval. Originally publishd in 1972...