Treasured memories : tales of buried belongings in wartime Estonia
Treasured memories : tales of buried belongings in wartime Estonia
Kategorier: Arkeologi Arkeologi: perioder och områden Flyktingar och politisk asyl Historia och arkeologi Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala och etiska frågor
In Treasured memories, the archaeologist Mats Burström tells the stories of some of these hoards: the ones that remain buried, the ones that vanished, and the ones that were recovered and have found a place in new contexts. Their sheer variety brings together all levels of history, from personal memories to high politics, and reflects how events on the world stage can shape the fate of individual families, even across several generations.
Yet most of all, as a groundbreaking work of contemporary archaeology, it is concerned with what objects mean to us, and our gift for remembering.