Beschreibung:
This bold and illuminating study examines the role of archaeology in the formation of modern Japanese national identity.
1. Introduction: archaeology in the contemporary world; 2. Modernity and archaeology; 3. Theoretical explication; communication, sociality and the positionality of archaeology; 4. Modernity and archaeology: nation-state, circularity and paradox; 5. Late/high/post-modernity and archaeology: fragmentation, multiculturalism and beyond; 6. Conclusion.