Change and Archaeology

List of contents

Part I – Introduction; Chapter 1 - What is wrong with change?; Part II – How do we study change?; Chapter 2 – A changing history of archaeological thought; Chapter 3 – Changing time?; Chapter 4 – Scales of change; Chapter 5 – Changing people and things; Part III – Time for a new approach to change; Chapter 6 – Relational approaches – A better way to consider change?; Chapter 7 – Assembling change; Chapter 8 – Becoming metallic; Chapter 9 – A world in motion

About the author

Rachel J. Crellin is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Leicester (UK). Her research interests centre on archaeological theory, especially new materialist, feminist, and posthumanist approaches to the past. She is also a specialist in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man and a metalwork wear-analyst.

Summary

Change and Archaeology explores how archaeologists have historically described, interpreted, and explained change and argues that change has been under-theorised.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Crellin, Rachel J. Crellin, Rachel J. (University of Leicester Crellin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138292543
• ISBN: 978-1-138-29254-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Themes in Archaeology Series; Themes in Archaeology Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeological Theory