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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

Alternative concepts of the environment: use, delight, land health

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.

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