2006, ISBN: 9789231010842

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Wordwell, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, xiv + 260 pages, glossy paper, maps and illustrations, NOT ex-library. VG in a good, untorn dust jacket. Book is clea… Meer...

Wordwell, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, xiv + 260 pages, glossy paper, maps and illustrations, NOT ex-library. VG in a good, untorn dust jacket. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. A tiny nick to side edge of one leaf. Clean and bright page edges externally. Dust jacket shows shelfworn marks and scratches, small scuff-marks to edges, light creasing. -- The subject of this book is one townland in northern County Roscommon called Ballykilcline. The books seeks to demonstrate the power of an archaeology of the modern world that self-consciously and unashamedly examines a period of history that is gone, but clearly not forgotten. Ballykilcline was depopulated, with the aid of coercive force, in 1848. The vast majority of its residents ended their lives in the United States, far from the cabins of their birth. The cultural history of Ballykilcline is thus both unique and common. It is unique because of the specific events that occurred there, and because the women, men and children who lived there were distinct individuals, each with personal hopes, dreams and anxieties. Ballykilcline is also commonplace. It was one of thousands of similar townlands that existed in early 19th-century Ireland. People there did what other small farmers did throughout rural ireland: they lived their lives as best they could given the circumstances within which they found themselves. Townland residents had friendships and animosities, aptitudes and foibles; they were sometimes afraid and often bold, they told stories and occasionally believed fantastic lies. In other words, they were human. American historian Daniel Boorstin once observed that we know more about some aspects of daily life in ancient Babylon than we do about quotidian life in Europe and America one hundred years ago. In an Irish context, and speaking strictly from an archaeological point of view, it is fair to state that today we know more about elements of Neolithic life than we do about the early 19th century. -- Contents: 1. Discovering Our Recent Pasts: Historical Archaeology and Early Nineteenth-Century Rural Ireland / Charles E. Orser Jr; 2. From Farmers to Defendants: Ballykilcline and Its Historical Context / David Ryder & Charles E. Orser Jr; 3. History Underground: Archaeological Research History, Methods, and Results; Katherine L. Hull; 4. The Peoples' Pottery: Irish Coarse Earthenwares and Their Cultural Significance / Charles E. Orser Jr; 5. Pots and Position: Coarse Earthenware and Agri-Social Position in Rural Ireland / Katherine L. Hull; 6. Teacups, Saucers and Dinner Plates: English Ceramic Exports to Ballykilcline / Stephen A. Brighton & Jessica M. Levon White; 7. Forget Me Not: The Role of Women at Ballykilcline / Katherine L. Hull; 8. To Drain and Cultivate: Agriculture and 'Improvement' at Ballykilcline / Katherine L. Hull; 9. Enter the Levellers: The Archaeology of the Ballykilcline Eviction / Charles E. Orser Jr; 10. To Begin Again Elsewhere: Archaeology and the Irish Diaspora / Stephen A. Brighton; 11. Seeking Hidden Ireland: History, Meaning and Material Culture / Charles E. Orser Jr; References, Wordwell, 2006, 2.75, UNESCO, 1974-03. Paperback. Good., UNESCO, 1974-03, 2.5<

1974, ISBN: 9789231010842

UNESCO, 1974-03. Paperback. Good., UNESCO, 1974-03, 2.5