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1、MATÉRIELCULTUREThetwentiethcenturyprobablysawnomoreconflictthaninpreviouscenturies;increasedglobalcommunicationandmediacoveragehave,however,heightenedourawarenessofit.Thescaleandintensityofwarwasgreaterthananythingbeforeandthehumancostreachedunprecedentedandpreviouslyunimaginable
2、levels.Followingtheendofthecenturythematerialityofthesemanyconflicts–fromlocalskirmishestoworldwars–isbecomingacceptedontotheheritageagendaasavalidformofculturalresourceforthebenefitoffuturegenerations.MatérielCulturedescribestheserecentdevelopments,anddocumentswhythestudyofconfl
3、ictisimportant–andtowhom.Theterm‘matérielculture’encompassesthematerialremainsofconflict,frombuildingsandmonumentstoartefactsandmilitaria,aswellashumanremains.Thiscollectionofessays,fromaninternationalrangeofcontributors,illustratesthediversityinthismaterialrecord,highlightsthedi
4、fficultiesandchallengesinpre-serving,presentingandinterpretingit,andabovealldemonstratesthesignificantrolematérielculturecanplayincontemporarysociety.Archaeologistshaveledthewayinunderstandingtheseremains,asthefantasticselectionofcasestudiesinthisvolumesuggests.Amongthemanystudie
5、sare:the‘cultureofshells’,thearchaeol-ogyofnucleartestinggrounds,Cambodia’s‘killingfields’,theBerlinWall,thebiographyofamedal,thereappearanceofArgentina’s‘disappeared’andSecondWorldWarconcentrationcamps.Inpresentingthiscollectiontheeditorschallengeourperceptionofwhatconsti-tutesc
6、ulturalheritage,whatissignificantaboutit,andwhatisworthyofrecordandpreservation.Thisnewandexcitingfieldofarchaeologyhasawiderelevanceforacademicsandprofessionalsinmanydisciplines,mostcertainlyinarchaeology,heritagemanagement,historyandanthropology.JohnSchofieldisanInspectorforEng
7、lishHeritage’sMonumentsProtectionProgramme.WilliamGrayJohnsonandColleenM.BeckareAssociateRe-searchProfessorandResearchProfessorrespectivelyattheDesertResearchInsti-tuteinNevada,USA.ONEWORLDARCHAEOLOGYSeriesEditor:(Volumes1–37):PeterJ.UckoAcademicSeriesEditors(Volume38onwards):Mar
8、tinHallandJulianThomasExecutiveSeriesEdi
