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Ancient muses : archaeology and the arts /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jameson, John H., Ehrenhard, John E., Finn, Christine, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Archaeology > Methodology.
Archaeology > Social aspects.
Archaeology > Philosophy.
Archaeology and art.
Arts and society.
Public art.
Public history.
Table of Contents:
  • More than just "telling the story" : interpretive narrative archaeology / John P. McCarthy
  • The archaeologist as playwright / James G. Gibb
  • Archaeology goes to the opera / John E. Ehrenhard and Mary R. Bullard
  • Archaeology in two dimensions : the artist's perspective / Martin Pate
  • Art and imagery as tools for public interpretation and education archaeology / John H. Jameson, Jr.
  • Archaeology as a compelling story : the art of writing popular histories / Sharyn Kane and Richard Keeton
  • Poetry and archaeology : the transformative process / Christine A. Finn
  • Reflections on the design of a public art sculpture for the Westin Hotel, Palo Alto, California / David Middlebrook
  • Pompeii : a site for all seasons / David G. Orr
  • Evoking time and place in reconstruction and display : the case of Celtic identity and iron age art / Harold Mytum
  • Art and archaeology : conflict and interpretation in a museum setting / Michael J. Williams and Margaret A. Heath
  • The archaeology of music and performance in the prehistoric American southwest / Emily Donald
  • Archaeology's influence on contemporary Native American art : perspectives from a monster / Lance M. Foster
  • From rock art to digital image : archaeology and art in aboriginal Australia / Claire Smith and Kirsten Brett
  • Archaeology in science fiction and mysteries / David G. Anderson
  • RKLOG : archaeologists as fiction writers / Sarah M. Nelson
  • Capturing the wanderer : nomads and archaeology in the filming of the English patient / Christine A. Finn
  • Is archaeology fiction? Some thoughts about experimental ways of communicating archaeological processes to the "external world" / Nicola Laneri
  • Crafting cosmos, telling Sister stories, and exploring archaeological knowledge graphically in hypertext environments / Jeanne Lopiparo and Rosemary A. Joyce.