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heirloom: a standalone construct

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Archaeology

an object kept and passed down through generations whose history carries memory and social claims.

In archaeology, heirloom refers to an object kept and passed down through generations whose history carries memory and social claims. This meaning comes from Lillios (1999) in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.[1]

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References

Lillios, K. T. (1999). Objects of Memory: The Ethnography and Archaeology of Heirlooms. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 6(3), 235-262. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1021999319447

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