Materializing Memory: Archaeological material culture and the semantics of the past
Irene Barbiera|Alice M. Choyke|Judith A. Rasson
The papers in this collection consider the ways which material culture has been deployed different societies to construct and support social memory. A range of topics are discussed including Neolithic monumental culture, memory Aquincum, Roman capital Pannonia Inferior, early medieval burial rites Central Europe, ritual Carolingian kingship, as well Pavia, Lombard capital, use relics combatting Hussite Reformation, holy Sanjak peacock object Yezidi religion, Olvera Street L.A., an attempt recreate idealised Mexican past.