The Routledge Handbook of Sensory Archaeology (Routledge Handbooks)

Edited by two pioneers in the field of sensory archaeology, this Handbook comprises a key point of reference for the ever-expanding field of sensory archaeology: one that surpasses previous books in this field, both in scope and critical intent. This Handbook provides an extensive set of specially commissioned chapters, each of which summarizes and critically reflects on progress made in this dynamic field during the early years of the twenty-first century. The authors identify and discuss the key current concepts and debates of sensory archaeology, providing overviews and commentaries on its methods and its place in interdisciplinary sensual culture studies. Through a set of thematic studies, they explore diverse sensorial practices, contexts and materials, and offer a selection of archaeological case-studies from different parts of the world. In the light of this, the research methods now being brought into the service of sensory archaeology are re-examined. Of interest to scholars, students and others with an interest in archaeology around the world, this book will be invaluable to archaeologists and is also of relevance to scholars working in disciplines contributing to sensory studies: aesthetics, anthropology, architecture, art history, communication studies, history (including history of science), geography, literary and cultural studies, material culture studies, museology, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Read more... Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of figures Lis of tables List of plates List of contributors Preface Chapter 1 Sensory archaeology: Key concepts and debates A sensory turn? Sensoria, sensory orders, sensescapes, and ways of sensing The sensorial field Affect and impact Sensory museology and heritage studies Sensuous scholarship Conclusions Note References Part I Approaches to sensory archaeology Chapter 2 Digging up the sensorium: On the sensory revolution in archaeology Abstract The mediated sensorium Archaeology branching into sensory studies NotesReferences Chapter 3 Early theories of sense perception: Greek origins Abstract Introduction Making sense of the sensorium Plato's metaphysical focus Peripatetic perceptions Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References Chapter 4 Doing sensory archaeology: The challenges Abstract Introduction Preparing our minds and clarifying intentions Educating your attention and imagination Enacting as a sensorially-aware archaeologist Archaeologies that evoke sensorial attention and action Acknowledgements Notes References Chapter 5 How does it feel? Phenomenology, excavation and sensory experience: Notes for a new ethnographic field practiceAbstract Phenomenology and sensory experience Self-reflexivity in excavation Learning to interpret from sensorious practices Soundscapes Tactile relationships Working with odour Visual experience Discussion Conclusion Acknowledgements References Chapter 6 The senses in museums: Knowledge production, democratization and indigenization Abstract Introduction Knowledge production and the senses Multisensory experiences outside exhibitions Recording sensory and affective relationsConcluding thoughts Notes References Part II Sensorial practices, contexts and materials Chapter 7 Emotion and the senses in archaeology Abstract Introduction Synthesising emotion and the senses in archaeology Sensory and sensing bodies: emotional dynamics between the living and the dead Sensory and sensing spaces: emotional encounters and networks Sensory subcultures and emotional communities Case study: touch and violence, pain and shame Evidence of anxiety Evidence of anger and frustration Conclusion Acknowledgements References Chapter 8 Movement, materials, and intersubjectivity: Insights from Western IrelandAbstract Introduction: archaeology and intersubjectivity Five premises Conclusion Acknowledgements References Chapter 9 Sensing death and experiencing mortuary ritual Abstract Sensing death and the dead The archaeology of sensing death The scents of death The sounds of death The tastes of death The sights of death The touch of death Conclusion References Chapter 10 Environment and the senses Abstract Introduction Perception, emotion and embodiment Cultural conceptions of the environment Edited by two pioneers in the field of sensory archaeology, this __Handbook__ comprises a key point of reference for the ever-expanding field of sensory archaeology: one that surpasses previous books in this field, both in scope and critical intent. This __Handbook__ provides an extensive set of specially commissioned chapters, each of which summarizes and critically reflects on progress made in this dynamic field during the early years of the twenty-first century. The authors identify and discuss the key current concepts and debates of sensory archaeology, providing overviews and commentaries on its methods and its place in interdisciplinary sensual culture studies. Through a set of thematic studies, they explore diverse sensorial practices, contexts and materials, and offer a selection of archaeological case-studies from different parts of the world. In the light of this, the research methods now being brought into the service of sensory archaeology are re-examined. Of interest to scholars, students and others with an interest in archaeology around the world, this book will be invaluable to archaeologists and is also of relevance to scholars working in disciplines contributing to sensory studies: aesthetics, anthropology, architecture, art history, communication studies, history (including history of science), geography, literary and cultural studies, material culture studies, museology, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Edited by two pioneers in the field of sensory archaeology, this Handbook comprises a key point of reference for the ever-expanding field of sensory archaeology.0This Handbook provides an extensive set of specially commissioned chapters, each of which summarizes and critically reflects on progress made in this dynamic field during the early years of the twenty-first century. The authors identify and discuss the key current concepts and debates of sensory archaeology, providing overviews and commentaries on its methods and its place in interdisciplinary sensual culture studies. Through a set of thematic studies, they explore diverse sensorial practices, contexts and materials, and offer a selection of archaeological case-studies from different parts of the world. In the light of this, the research methods now being brought into the service of sensory archaeology are re-examined