Making Senses of the Past: Toward a Sensory Archaeology

This book presents cutting-edge research in regard to new theoretical issues. Archaeologists almost universally try to make sense of the past through visual descriptions of physical objects and sites. The researchers in this volume, however, present alternative methods of learning about and interpreting the past through the other senses such as smell, taste, hearing, and touch. They argue that in many cases the archaeological remains investigated by archaeologists were constructed to incorporate one or more of these other senses.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809332876
• ISBN13: 9780809332878
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.9"