Watching video games. Playing with Archaeology and Prehistory
Video games have become a mass culture phenomenon typical of the West Post-Industrial Society as well as an avant-garde narrative medium. The main focus of this paper is to explore and analyze the public image of Archaeology and Prehistory spread by video games and how we can achieve a virtual faith...
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doaj-78729649e3084d7aa236cf65fffe01912021-08-02T05:24:36ZengJAS ArqueologíaAP : Online Journal in Public Archaeology2171-63152016-12-0112739210.23914/ap.v1i2.87Watching video games. Playing with Archaeology and PrehistoryDaniel García RasoVideo games have become a mass culture phenomenon typical of the West Post-Industrial Society as well as an avant-garde narrative medium. The main focus of this paper is to explore and analyze the public image of Archaeology and Prehistory spread by video games and how we can achieve a virtual faithful image of both. Likewise, we are going to proceed to construct an archaeological outline of video games, understanding them as an element of the Contemporary Material Culture and, therefore, subject to being studied by Archaeology.http://revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/APJournal/article/view/8Video gamesPrehistoryArchaeologyContemporary Material Culture |
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Watching video games. Playing with Archaeology and Prehistory |
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JAS Arqueología |
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AP : Online Journal in Public Archaeology |
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Video games have become a mass culture phenomenon typical of the West Post-Industrial Society as well as an avant-garde narrative medium. The main focus of this paper is to explore and analyze the public image of Archaeology and Prehistory spread by video games and how we can achieve a virtual faithful image of both. Likewise, we are going to proceed to construct an archaeological outline of video games, understanding them as an element of the Contemporary Material Culture and, therefore, subject to being studied by Archaeology. |
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Video games Prehistory Archaeology Contemporary Material Culture |
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