Archaeology and created memory : public history in a national park / Paul A. Shackel.

Archaeology can either bolster memory and tradition, or contradict the status quo and provide an alternative view of the past. An archaeology of Harpers Ferry's wartime and Victorian eras confronts time-honored historical interpretations of the past (created and perpetuated by such interest gro...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Shackel, Paul A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, ©2002.
Series:	Contributions to global historical archaeology.
Subjects:	Archaeology and history > Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park > Antiquities. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park > Historiography. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > Antiquities. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > Historiography. Antiquities. Archaeology and history. Historiography. West Virginia > Harpers Ferry. History.