Clay in the Age of Bronze - Essays in the Archaeology of Prehistoric Creativity

Informationen zum Autor Joanna Sofaer is an Associate Professor in Archaeology at the University of Southampton. She has published widely on the European Bronze Age and archaeological theory. She is the author of The Body as Material Culture (2006), editor of Children and Material Culture (2000) and Material Identities (2007), and co-editor of Biographies and Space (2008). Klappentext This book is the first to explore creativity in the Bronze Age as expressed through the medium of clay. Zusammenfassung This book is the first to explore creativity in the Bronze Age. Focusing on the rich archaeology of the Carpathian Basin! where clay was a ubiquitous material! it includes eight thematic essays each examining a different aspect of creativity as expressed through the medium of clay. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Hands; 2. Recycling; 3. Design; 4. Margins; 5. Resistance; 6. Mimesis; 7. Performance; 8. Failure; Afterword.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Joanna Sofaer, Joanna (University of Southampton) Sofaer, Sofaer Joanna
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.07.2015
• EAN: 9780521155366
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15536-6
• Seiten: 224
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Antike