Symbols in Action - Ethnoarchaeological Studies of Material Culture

Klappentext First published in 1982! this book presents the results of a series of field investigations carried out in Kenya! Zambia and the Sudan into the 'archaeological' remains and material culture of contemporary small-scale societies. Zusammenfassung First published in 1982! this book presents the results of a series of field investigations carried out in Kenya! Zambia and the Sudan into the 'archaeological' remains and material culture of contemporary small-scale societies! and demonstrates the way in which objects are used as symbols within social action and within particular world views and ideologies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the nature of material cultures; 2. Ethnicity and symbolism in Baringo; 3. Maintaining the boundaries; 4. Disrupting the boundaries; 5. Within the boundaries: age, sex and self-decoration; 6. Hunter-gatherers and pastoralists on the Leroghi plateau; 7. A state of symbiosis and conflict: the Lozi; 8. Dirt, women and men: a study in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan; 9. Implications for archaeology; 10. Conclusions and prospects.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Hodder, Ian (University of Cambridge) Hodder, Hodder Ian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521105088
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10508-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology; New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity