<strong>Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past</strong> turns what is usually seen as a methodfor investigating the distant past onto the present. In doing so i... » 

Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past turns what is usually seen as a methodfor investigating the distant past onto the present. In doing so it revealsfresh ways of looking both at ourselves and modern society as well as thediscipline of archaeology.This volume represents the most recent research in this area and examines avariety of contexts including Art Deco landfills miner strikes college fraternities an abandoned council house. «