The reconstructed past : reconstructions in the public interpretation of archaeology and history / edited by John H. Jameson, Jr. - Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c2004. - x, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : archaeology and reconstructions / John H. Jameson, Jr. -- Walden Pond and beyond : the restoration archaeology of Roland Wells Robbins / Donald W. Linebaugh -- Archaeological authenticity and reconstruction at Colonial Williamsburgh / Marley R. Brown III and Edward A. Chappell -- National Park Service reconstruction policy and practice / Barry Mackintosh -- Reconstruction dilemmas at George Washington's blacksmith shop / Esther C. While -- Reconstruction policy and purpose at Castell Henllys iron age fort / Harold Mytum -- Bede's world : a late-twentieth-century creation of an early medieval landscape / Peter J. Fowler and Susan Mills -- Reflections on a reconstruction of the ancient Qasrin synagogue and village / Anne E. Killebrew -- Replication or interpretation of the Iroquoian longhouse / Ronald Williamson -- Replication, interpretation, and education at Fort Loudon / Joe P. Distretti and Carl Kuttruff -- The Ironbridge Gorge : preservation, reconstruction, and presentation of industrial heritage / Marion Blockley -- Designing the past at Fortress Louisbourg / Bruce W. Fry -- Lessons learned at Bent's Old Fort and Fort Union Trading Post / Rodd L. Weaton -- Emergency ruins preservation and restoration at Homolovi Ruins State Park / Lynn A. Neal -- Modeling Amarna : computer reconstructions of an Egyptian palace / Karen A. Brush -- Beyond the artist's impression : from photo-realism to intregrated reconstruction in buildings archaeology / Robert Daniels-Dwyer -- The value of reconstructions : an archaeological perspective / Vergil E. Noble.

0759103755 (cloth : alk. paper) 0759103763 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.
Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Historic sites--Interpretive programs.
Historic sites--Interpretive programs--United States.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Historic preservation--United States.


United States--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.

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