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A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural movement, a time of re-awakening when classical knowledge was rediscovered, leading to an efflorescence in philosophy, art, and literature. The period fostered an emerging sense of individualism across European cultures. This sense was expressed through a fascination with materiality and the natural world, and a growing attachment to things. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds. James Symonds is Professor at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Volume 3 in the Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Preface -- Introduction James Symonds -- 1 Objecthood Visa Immonen -- 2 Technology Surekha Davies -- 3 Economic Objects Martha C. Howell -- 4 Everyday Objects Peter Stallybrass -- 5 Art Jill Burke -- 6 Architecture Michael J. Waters -- 7 Bodily Objects Susan Gaylard -- 8 Object Worlds Andrew Morrall -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

This article examines the role of archaeology in contemporary society. It works from the premise that archaeology is a form of socio-political action and explores some of the ways in which archaeologies of the recent past can have therapeutic or cathartic effects. Three case studies are presented. The first two focus on the recovery of war dead and the memorialization of conflict landscapes at Fromelles, in northern France, and Peleliu, in Micronesia. The third explores the materiality of unauthorised migration in the US-Mexico borderlands of southern Arizona. The central argument presented in this article is that in an age of global uncertainty, where support for the humanities is in decline and respect for academic knowledge is diminishing, archaeologists should re-position their work to more clearly focus on contemporary social issues. If archaeology is to survive as a discipline it must be seen as being socially relevant research, with the capacity to contribute to contemporary public discourses.

1. Introduction -- 2. Mass Graves: Strategies of Extermination during the Spanish Civil War and Franco´s Dictatorship -- 3. Concentration Camps: Classifying the Subjects of the New Spain -- 4. Double Vision and the Politics of Visibility: the Landscapes of Forced and Slave Labour -- 5. The Heart of Terror: A Forensic and Archaeological Assessment of the Old Gas Chambers at Treblinka -- 6. Materiality of a Forced Migration in WWII. Archaeology of Displacement of the Polish Exodus in Iran (From 1942) -- 7. Searching for Living Ghosts: The Archaeology of Communist Repression in Poland -- 8. Archaeology of the Lithuanian Partisan War: Case of the Partisan Bunker in Daugėliškiai Forest -- 9. Divided Landscapes, Divided Peoples: An Archaeology of the Iron Curtain between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany -- 10. The Shadow of Pain. Instructions for Archaeologists Living under Dictatorship.