Presented Past

<p><em>The Presented Past</em> is concerned with the differences between the comparatively static, well-understood way in which the past is presented in schools, museums and at historic sites compared to the approaches currently being explored in contemporary archaeology. It challenges the all-too-frequent representation of the past as something finished, understood and objective, rather than something that is `constructed' and therefore open to co-existing interpretations and constant re-interpretation. <br> Central to the book is the belief that the presentation of the past in school curricula and in museum and site interpretations will benefit from a greater use of non-documentary sources derived from archaeological study and oral histories. The book suggests that a view of the past incorporating a larger body of evidence and a wider variety of understanding will help to invigorate the way history is taught. <em>The Presented Past</em> will be of interest to teachers, archaeologists, cultural resource managers, in fact anyone who is concerned with how the past is presented.</p> Introduction: the represented past, BRIAN L. MOLYNEAUX; Chapter 02 Introduction: a framework for discussion, PETER G. STONE; Chapter 1 Reaping the whirlwind: the Reader's Digest Illustrated History of South Africa and changing popular perceptions of history, LESLIE WITZ, CAROLYN HAMILTON; Chapter 2 Archaeology and education in Botswana, DAVID KIYAGA-MULINDWA, ALINAH KELO SEGOBYE; Chapter 3 Presenting archaeology to the public in the USA, FRANCIS P. MCMANAMON; Chapter 4 Public education and archaeology in Florida, USA: an overview and case study, NANCY MARIE WHITE, J.RAYMOND WILLIAMS; Chapter 5 Archaeology and the public in Lebanon: developments since 1986, HELGA SEEDEN; Chapter 6 Education as a means of protection of the archaeological heritage in the districts of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, FERNANDO OLIVA; Chapter 7 Rescuing ordinary people's culture: museums, material culture and education in Brazil, PEDRO PAULO A. FUNARI; Chapter 8 The role of archaeology in marginalized areas of social conflict: research in the Middle Magdalena region, Colombia, CARLOS EDUARDO LÓPEZ, MARGARITA REYES; Chapter 9 The museum comes to school in Colombia: teaching packages as a method of learning, IVONNE DELGADO CERÓN, CLARA ISABEL MZ-RECAMAN; Chapter 10 The Colegio Nueva Granada Archaeological Museum, Colombia: a proposal for the development of educational museums in schools, EMILIA MORENO DE GIRALDO; Chapter 11 Creative workshops: a teaching method in Colombian museums, ROBERTO RESTREPO RAMÍREZ; Chapter 12 'The Fascinating World of Stonehenge': an exhibition and its aftermath, RUUD BORMAN; Chapter 13 The re-display of the Alexander Keiller Museum, Avebury, and the National Curriculum in England, PETER G. STONE; Chapter 14 Privacy and community through medieval material culture, PHILIPPE G. PLANEL; Chapter 15 What is the public's perception of museum visiting in Poland?, ANDREZEJ MIKOLAJCZYK; Chapter 16 Museums and their messages: the display of the pre- and early colonial past