Drawn from memory: the archaeology of aesthetics and the aesthetics of archaeology in Earlier Bronze Age Britain and the present

Author: Jones A.

Source: World Archaeology, Volume 33, Number 2, 1 October 2001 , pp. 334-356(23)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

In this paper I argue that the visual discourse of archaeological illustration tends to present a specific perspective of the relationship between aesthetics and memory and that this determines how we conceptualize these issues in relation to archaeological artefacts. I examine the historical background of this discourse and offer an alternative conceptualization of the relationship between aesthetics and memory by drawing on the twin concepts of citation and oeuvre. As a means of examining the relationship between contemporary practices and those of the past I discuss the similarities and differences between the production of archaeological illustrations and their dissemination in the archaeological corpus and the production and deposition of a series of artefacts from Earlier Bronze Age Scotland.

Keywords: CITATION; EMBODIMENT; ILLUSTRATION; MEMORY; OEUVRE; SENSES

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2001-10-01

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