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Book SynopsisExamines how the past is mediated by social engagements in the present and the consequences of those encounters. This book considers how concepts of nationalism, identity politics, and cultural production affect how the past is shaped by archaeology.
Trade ReviewVery few books have captured the sophisticated nuances of heritage and the past in ways that will attract archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, and others in allied fields, but Mortensen and Hollowell have mastered this with a highly readable, deeply analytical, and remarkably diverse volume. - Stephen W. Silliman, University of Massachusetts - Boston ""A very welcome addition to the literature of several related discourses: ethnography, heritage, public archaeology, and applied anthropology. The well-chosen, varied case studies are theoretically robust, critical, reflexive, methodologically clear and well-written, and the commentaries push the ideas explored in the case studies in stimulating new directions."" - Carol McDavid, University of Houston
