ABSTRACT
The Constructed Past presents group of powerful images of the past, termed in the book construction sites. At these sites, full scale, three-dimensional images of the past have been created for a variety of reasons including archaeological experimentation, tourism and education.
Using various case studies, the contributors frankly discuss the aims, problems and mistakes experienced with reconstruction. They encourage the need for on-going experimentation and examine the various uses of the sites; political, economical and educational.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 6|20 pages
Shakespeare’s Globe: ‘As faithful a copy as scholarship…could get’; ‘A bit of a bastard’
TIM SCHADLA-HALL
chapter 9|11 pages
Reconstruction as ideology: the open air museum at Oerlinghausen, Germany
MARTIN SCHMIDT
chapter 10|14 pages
Slavonic archaeology: Groß Raden, an open air museum in a unified Germany
ULRIKE SOMMER
chapter 14|11 pages
Experimental archaeology and education: ancient technology at the service of modern education at SAMARA, France
GÉRARD DIEUDONNÉ TRANSLATED BY PHILIPPE G.PLANEL
chapter 15|12 pages
Lake dwellings: archaeological interpretation and social perception, a case study from France
PIERRE PÉTREQUIN TRANSLATED BY PHILIPPE G.PLANEL