Toward an Archaeology of Buildings: Contexts and concepts

Ten specially commissioned papers, arranged chronologically, aim to `provide an exposé of building archaeological research works and building restorations', arguing that buildings and restorations `mirror the dynamic of societies'. Covering all ages and many periods, the papers comprise archaeological, historical and theoretical andalyses and discuss: Minoan architecture; monumental Mycenaean architecture; public space in Pompeii; the Golden Horde mosques; the relationship between archaeological remnants and historical sources; Urban identity in medieval Norway; the Neveh Shalom synagogue site in Spanish Town, Jamaica; the opportunities for architectural conservation in Spanish Town; South Africa's Tobgaat-Hulett sugar plantation which, built in the late 1930s, replicated 17th- and 18th-century `Mediterranean' architecture;an archaeological approach to pre-Modern architecture. Illustrated throughout.