Archaeology of grief

Article Abstract:

Over 30,000 mementoes have been left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. Approximately 1500 of the items are included in an exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History entitled 'Personal Legacy: The Healing of a Nation,' which will be shown through Jun 1994. The exhibition also includes documents such as eyewitness battle accounts, casualty reports and correspondence informing family members of soldiers killed in the war. A computer database of the objects left at the Wall is being compiled with the assistance of National Park Service curator Duery Felton.

Collections and collecting, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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Archaeology's perilous pleasures

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Some risks of archaeological practice are discussed Ancient ruins can confer entitlement, and it is tempting for governments to exploit the popularity of ancient artifacts and orgins. Religious and ethnic strife around the world can also be a result. All ancestries are, however, equally aboriginal, and ancient priority provides no inherent merit.

Political aspects

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Archaeology's proper place

Article Abstract:

David Lowenthal's criticism of archaeologist's is criticized, since the unreliability of memory and the short span of a person's life necessitate a reliance on inherited traces. Lowenthal is correct in one assumption, that our view of what is reasonable and likely colors our interpretation of historical objects.

Usage, Criticism and interpretation, Lowenthal, David

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