An Archaeology of the Troubles

The dark heritage of Long Kesh/Maze prison

Bibliographic Data

ID8098049
AuthorsLaura Mcatackney (0000-0002-3409-2594, corresponding author)
Year2014
Publication date2014-02-27
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAn Archaeology Of The Troubles The Dark Heritage Of Long Keshmaze Prison (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199673919.001.0001
OpenAlexW4236381855
Open LibraryOL26049932M
ISBN9780199673919
LanguageEN
Citations received46

Long Kesh/Maze prison was infamous as the major holding centre for paramilitary prisoners during the course of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Some of the major events of the recent conflict centred on, emanated from, and were transformed by it, including the burning of the internment camp in 1974, the protests and hunger strikes of 1980–1981, the mass escape of PIRA prisoners in 1983, and the role of prisoners in facilitating and sustaining the peace process of the 1990s. Now, over a decade after the signing of the Belfast Agreement (1998), Long Kesh/Maze remains one of the most contentious remnants of the conflict and has become central to debates about what we do with such sites, what they mean, and how they relate to contemporary rememberings of the difficult recent past. The only independent archaeological investigation of Long Kesh/Maze prior to its partial demolition, this volume reveals the seminal role of material culture in understanding the prison. It moves from traditional uses of solely documentary and oral evidence to exploring the full range of material remains of the prison as they have been abandoned in situ or been dispersed and re-contextualised into wider society

Archaeology · Art · Criminology · Demolition · Ethnology · Northern ireland · Political science · Prison · Sociology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Cambodian History and Society · History · Irish and British Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Middle East Politics and Society · Antiquities · Excavations (Archaeology) · Long Kesh (Prison) · Maze Prison (Lisburn · Nordirlandkonflikt · Political prisoners · Prison Maze · Prisons · Sachkultur

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