ANTH 2050 Chapter : Epilogue Anthropology
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Bringing it back home: french historian pierre nora used evocative term places of memory for locations or objects that become saturated with historical meaning. Places of memory- critical touchstones for our connection with society, creating visceral and authentic tie between present and past: african cemetery in lower manhatten in 1991, ground zero, new york city. James deene coined phrase in small things forgotten : refers to seventeenth century appraisal of the contents of a house in plymouth, Massachusetts: matthew cochran excavated what appeared to be a flat stone surrounded by small pieces of lead; unusual assemblage of artifacts is evidence of african beliefs, the spiritual world of. 18th century slaves: suggest tolerance for african ritual in the city of anapolis.