Focusing on the emotional and experiential aspects of archaeology, the book offers a dynamic exploration that contrasts with traditional academic methods. Michael Shanks emphasizes the importance of sentiment and personal connection in understanding the past, inviting readers to engage with archaeology in a more meaningful way.
Focusing on the intersection of archaeology and performance theory, this work presents a thought-provoking examination that challenges traditional disciplinary practices and intellectual limits. It invites readers to reconsider the ways in which these fields can inform and enrich one another, offering new insights into both archaeological interpretation and theatrical expression.
Archaeology is a way of acting and thinking - about what is left of the past, about temporality of humans and their material lives, about the processes of order and entropy, and about processes of creating, consuming and discarding at the heart of human experience. This title offers a window on this imaginative world of past and present.