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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE - ARCHAEOLOGY AND POPULAR CULTURE
Collective Memories, History, and the Study of the Past
Archaeology in Popular Culture.
Archaeology as Popular Culture
CHAPTER TWO - BELOW THE SURFACE
The Underground: Literal and Metaphorical
Hidden Treasures
Finding Yourself
Recovering Truths
The Earth as Body
CHAPTER THREE - THE ARCHAEOLOGIST IN THE FIELD
The Adventure of Archaeological Fieldwork
The Hardships and Dangers of Fieldwork
Archaeological Discovery Stories
The Act of Discovery in Archaeological Practice and Theory
CHAPTER FOUR - INTERPRETING TRACES
The Archaeologist as Detective—The Detective as Archaeologist
The Paradigm of Clues
Spurensicherung Art
Archaeology as Process and Desire
CHAPTER PIVE - PAST MEANINGS
Life Histories of Things
Neolithic Stone Axes
Prehistoric Monuments
CHAPTER SIX - CONTEMPORANEOUS MEANINGS
Monumentality
Factual Details
Commerce
Social Order
Remembrance
Identities
Aesthetics
Reflections
Adventures
Aura
Magical Places
Nostalgia
Progress
Ideologies
CHAPTER SEVEN - AUTHENTICITY
What Is Authenticity?
Experiencing Aura and Authenticity
Authentic Copies
The Politics of Authenticity
CHAPTER EIGHT - THE PAST AS A RENEWABLE RESOURCE
Is the Past Endangered?
Experiencing the Past
Constructive Destruction
CHAPTER NINE - ARCHAEO-APPEAL
Why Zoos Are Fun
What Is Archaeo-appeal?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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