Retrieving the Cultural Biography of a Gun
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12844488 |
|---|---|
| Autores | David Pearson (0000-0002-2912-0976, autor de correspondencia), Graham Connah |
| Año | 2013 |
| Volumen | 8 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 41-73 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Conflict Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1574-0773 • E-ISSN: 1574-0781 |
| Editorial | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/1574077312z.00000000017 |
| OpenAlex | W2055480563 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 11 |
The meanings of objects change as the people with whom they are associated change. Over the course of an artefact’s existence, the sum of these meanings constitutes a cultural biography, a life-story of the item. This is the case with objects associated with conflict, just as with those from other contexts; in this case, cultural biographies can have sharply contrasting phases. However, identifying the object in each of its changing relationships with people can be problematic. In the case of a World War I German 150 mm gun, that is one of the few of its type remaining in the world, this has been achieved by comparison of detailed characteristics, markings, and battle damage with historical photographs and surviving documentation. By these means, its role in the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918, and after its capture by the Australian Corps, can be pieced together. The biography of such a gun can include manufacturing technology, a means of destruction, a valued war trophy, a public exhibit, a neglected relic, a source of scrap metal, a museum showpiece, and even a children’s plaything, but the gun investigated here was more fortunate. It is preserved in a museum, although its relationship to people could continue to change
Archaeology · Art history · Battle · Biography · Documentation · German · Object (grammar · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Trophy · World War II · Archaeological Research and Protection · Computer Science · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History
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| Citas por año | 0,2 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
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