Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 291 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781351398701
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in archaeology
Content:
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Historical fiction and archaeological interpretation: Introduction -- Archaeological stories -- The borderline between archaeological fact and fiction -- Historical novels and archaeology -- Salammbô -- The Source -- The long history of fictive techniques in archaeology -- Fictive techniques in archaeological writing -- Vignettes -- Travel through time -- Travel through space -- Biographies -- Plays and diaries -- Fictional motivations -- Objections and challenges -- This volume -- References -- 2 The cornflakes of prehistory: Fact, fiction and imagination in archaeology -- Introduction -- Faction: the role of accuracy in novel writing -- Do facts exist in archaeology? -- Understanding the facts -- Speculation or inference? -- Does lack of proof matter? -- Good stories and the importance of critique -- The limitations of the imagination -- The peopling of the past -- New sources of information -- Constructing narrative: communication and content -- Constructing narrative: values -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 Voices from the silence -- Introduction -- The medium -- The material -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Beyond archaeological narrative: Imagined worlds of Neolithic Europe -- Introduction -- Historical or archaeological fiction? -- Food and daily life -- Exchange and navigation -- Ritual and religious change -- The structure of Neolithic societies -- The nature of oral traditions -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Imagined realities in academic and fictional accounts of the British Mesolithic -- Introduction -- Analysis of academic narratives of the Mesolithic -- The necessity of fiction -- Analysis of fictional narratives -- Conclusions -- References.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138303638
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Researching the archaeological past through imagined narratives Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9781138303638
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Historische Literatur
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Archäologie
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