{"product_id":"negotiating-the-past-in-the-norman-yoffee-9780816526703","title":"Negotiating the Past in the Past: Identity, Memory, and Landscape in Archaeological Research","description":"Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that \"all history becomes subjective,\" that, in fact, \"properly there is no history, only biography.\" Today, Emerson's observation is hardly revolutionary for archaeologists; it has become conventional wisdom that the present is a battleground where interpretations of the events and meanings of the past are constantly being disputed. What were the major events? Whose lives did these events impact, and how? Who were the key players? What was their legacy? We know all too well that the answers to these questions can vary considerably depending on what political, social, or personal agenda is driving the response. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite our keen eye for discerning historical spin doctors operating today, it has been only in recent years that archaeologists have begun exploring in detail how the past was used in the past itself. This volume of ten original works brings critical insight to this frequently overlooked dimension of earlier societies. Drawing on the concepts of identity, memory, and landscape, the contributors show how these points of entry can lead to substantially new accounts of how people understood their lives and why things changed as they did. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapters include the archaeologies of the eastern Mediterranean, including Mesopotamia, Iran, Greece, and Rome; prehistoric Greece; Achaemenid and Hellenistic Armenia; Athens in the Roman period; Nubia and Egypt; medieval South India; and northern Maya Quintana Roo. The contributors show how and why, in each society, certain versions of the past were promoted while others were aggressively forgotten for the purpose of promoting innovation, gaining political advantage, or creating a new group identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCommentaries by leading scholars Lynn Meskell and Jack Davis blend with newer voices to create a unique set of essays that is diverse but interrelated, exceptionally researched, and novel in its perspectives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. Peering into the Palimpsest: An Introduction to the Volume \u003cbr\u003e Norman Yoffee \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2. Collecting, Defacing, Reinscribing (and Otherwise Performing) Memory in the Ancient World \u003cbr\u003e Catherine Lyon Crawford \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 3. Unforgettable Landscapes: Attachments to the Past in Hellenistic Armenia \u003cbr\u003e Lori Khatchadourian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 4. Mortuary Studies, Memory, and the Mycenaean Polity \u003cbr\u003e Seth Button \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 5. Identity under Construction in Roman Athens \u003cbr\u003e Sanjaya Thakur \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 6. Inscribing the Napatan Landscape: Architecture and Royal Identity \u003cbr\u003e Lindsay Ambridge \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 7. Negotiated Pasts and the Memorialized Present in Ancient India: Chalukyas of Vatapi\u003cbr\u003e Hemanth Kadambi \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 8. Creating, Transforming, Rejecting, and Reinterpreting Ancient Maya Urban Landscapes: Insights from Lagartera and Margarita \u003cbr\u003e Laura P. Villamil \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 9. Back to the Future: From the Past in the Present to the Past in the Past \u003cbr\u003e Lynn Meskell \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 10. Memory Groups and the State: Erasing the Past and Inscribing the Present in the Landscapes of the Mediterranean and Near East \u003cbr\u003e Jack L. Davis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e About the Editor \u003cbr\u003e About the Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Yoffee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816526702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816526703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.02w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 36","brand":"Norman Yoffee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438019719423,"sku":"9780816526703","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e6d268f-21bc-4694-b596-375a5731dadb.jpg?v=1777168253","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/negotiating-the-past-in-the-norman-yoffee-9780816526703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}