Archaeologies of Memory (eBook)

Ruth M. Van Dyke is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Colorado College. She directs archaeological research in Chaco Canyon and in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. She has recently published work in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Kiva and American Antiquity. Susan E. Alcock is John H. D'Arms Collegiate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Classics at the University of Michigan. Her publications include Graecia Capta: The Landscapes of Roman Greece (1993), Pausanias: Travel & Memory in Roman Greece (co-editor, 2001), Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History (co-editor, 2001), and Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments and Memory (2002).

Preface.

Notes On Contributors.

1. Archaeologies Of Memory: An Introduction: Ruth M. Van Dyke
And Susan E. Alcock (Colorado College; University Of Michigan).

Part I: Memory Studies With Access To Texts:.

2. Echoes Of Empire: Vijayanagara And Historical Memory,
Vijayanagara As Historical Memory: Carla M. Sinopoli (University Of
Michigan).

3. Memory's Materiality: Ancestral Presence, Commemorative
Practice And Disjunctive Locales: Lynn Meskell (Columbia
University).

4. Memory Tattered And Torn: Spolia In The Heartland Of
Byzantine Hellenism: Amy Papalexandrou (Independent Scholar).

5. Glories Of The Past In The Past: Ritual Activities At
Palatial Ruins In Early Iron Age Crete: Mieke Prent (University Of
Amsterdam).

6. Concrete Memories: Fragments Of The Past In The Classic Maya
Present (500-100 AD): Rosemary A. Joyce (University Of California,
Berkeley).

Part II: Memory Studies In Prehistory:.

7. Creating Memory In Prehistory: The Engraved Slate Plaques Of
Southwest Iberia: Katina T. Lillios (Ripon College).

8. Memory, Mounds, And The Mississippian Argument Against
Structure: Timothy R. Pauketat And Susan M. Alt (University Of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

9. Memory And The Construction Of Chacoan Society: Ruth M. Van
Dyke (Colorado College).

Part III: Caveats And Commentaries:.

10. The Familiar Honeycomb: Byzantine Era Reuse Of
Sicily's Prehistoric Rock-Cut Tombs: Emma Blake (Stanford
University).

11. The Translation Of Time: Richard Bradley (University Of
Reading).

Index.