Prehistoric Materialities - Becoming Material in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland

Zusatztext a scholarly and thorough work, building in part on the author's previous research into archaeology and colour - as such, the text is vividly descriptive, showing a keen eye for detail. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Jones is a Reader in Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice (2002), Memory and Material Culture (2007), editor of Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice (2008), and co-editor ,with G. Macgregor, of Colouring the Past (2002). Klappentext This volume focuses on the analysis of materials, from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods of Britain and Ireland, in the study of prehistoric artefacts. Challenging the assumption that materials are inert and shaped by past societies, it argues that it is rather the materials which shaped the societies. Zusammenfassung This volume focuses on the analysis of materials, from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods of Britain and Ireland, in the study of prehistoric artefacts. Challenging the assumption that materials are inert and shaped by past societies, it argues that it is rather the materials which shaped the societies.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Meirion Jones, Andrew Meirion (Reader in Archaeology Jones, Jones Andrew Meirion
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2012
• EAN: 9780199556427
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955642-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Archäologie, prehistory, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History - General History, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Prehistoric archaeology, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques