Open AccessPetrified Tears - Archaeology and Communication Through Monuments
Author(s) -
Leif Gren
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
current swedish archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2002-3901
pISSN - 1102-7355
DOI - 10.37718/csa.1994.04
Subject(s) - pride , communication source , balance (ability) , state (computer science) , power (physics) , history , archaeology , art , psychology , political science , law , telecommunications , engineering , computer science , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Monuments reflect anxiety, not power or pride, and they are a medium for a communication near collapse. It is claimed that there must be both a sender and a receiver in that communication, and that the message tries to negate a given opinion. Periods of great culture and great monuments are also periods of conflicts in a delicate state of balance.