ANTHROP 2PC3 Chapter 1,3: ANTHRO 2PC3 Textbook 1_3

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Investigating the meaning of archaeology in popular culture. Learning about the past told in relation to cultural heritages could: broaden people"s perspectives on the present, create familiar surroundings that make people at home. Safe and familiar but adventurous, exotic, and sensual cowboys of science . Replacing the focus on national heritage to cultural heritage. According to julian thomas, archaeology is linked to a modernist worldview. Tv programmes and newspapers articles are significant indicators of larger trends in popular. Archaeology in tv: major source of info on the field through this medium, using archaeology for documentaries because it is a visual field. Germany"s gisela graitchen"s adventure archaeology: c14 creator. First dedicated archaeology tv show: grown out of tradition of documenting archaeologists lives. Sweden g ran burenhult"s exotic explorations: changed the image of archaeology in sweden from being viewed as stuffy , goes dressed in colonial style clothes, investigating, evoking themes of indiana jones.

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