The Constructed Past Experimental Archaeology, Education and the Public [Hardcover]

The Constructed Pastpresents group of powerful images of the past, termed in the book construction sites. At these sites, full scale, three-dimensional images of the past have been created for a variety of reasons including archaeological experimentation, tourism and education.
Using various case studies, the contributors frankly discuss the aims, problems and mistakes experienced with reconstruction. They encourage the need for on-going experimentation and examine the various uses of the sites; political, economical and educational.Introduction P. G. Stoneand P. Planel; 1. Archaeological reconstructions and the community in the UK M. Blockley2. Reconstruction versus preservation in place in the United States National Park Service J. H. Jameson Jr.and W. J. Hunt3. Reconstruction sites and education in Japan: a case study from the Kansai Region K. Okamuraand R. Condon4. The origin and role of the Irish National Heritage Park E. Culleton5. Resurrection and deification at Colonial Williamsburg, USA I. N. Hume6. Shakespeare's Globe: 'As faithful a copy as scholarship ... could get ..' .. '.. A bit of a bastard ..' T. Schadla-Hall7. Butser Ancient Farm, UK P. Reynolds8. The Historical Archaeological Experimentation Centre at Lejre, Denmark: 30 years of experimenting with the past M. Rasmussenand B. Grønnow9. Reconstruction as ideology: the Open Air Museum at Oerlinghausen, Germany M. Schmidt10. Slavonic Archaeology: GroB Raden an Open Air Museum in a unified Germany U. Sommer11. The reconstruction of sites in the archaeological themepark Archeon in the Netherlands G. Ijzereef12. Pembrokeshire's pasts. Natives, invaders and Welsh archaeology: the Castell Henllys experience H. Mytum13. Thel#;