Drawn from memory

The archaeology of aesthetics and the aesthetics of archaeology in Earlier Bronze Age Britain and the present

Bibliographic Data

ID3918850
AuthorsAndrew Jones (0000-0003-3545-4080, corresponding author), Andrew Meirion Jones (0000-0002-4453-8369, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume33
Issue2
Pages334-356
Publication date2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438240120079324
OpenAlexW1973553597
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited35

In this paper I argue that the visual discourse of archaeological illustration tends to present a specific perspective of the relationship between aesthetics and memory and that this determines how we conceptualize these issues in relation to archaeological artefacts. I examine the historical background of this discourse and offer an alternative conceptualization of the relationship between aesthetics and memory by drawing on the twin concepts of citation and oeuvre . As a means of examining the relationship between contemporary practices and those of the past I discuss the similarities and differences between the production of archaeological illustrations and their dissemination in the archaeological corpus and the production and deposition of a series of artefacts from Earlier Bronze Age Scotland

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Conceptualization · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical · Relation (database · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Philosophy

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