Archaeological Artefacts As Material Culture

Informationen zum Autor Linda Hurcombe is Head of Department at the Department of Archaeology! Exeter University. She has particular interests in a range of artefact studies including stone stools! functional analysis and organic material culture. She has undertaken fieldwork in Pakistan! Britain and Europe and published books on gender and material culture and functional analysis. Klappentext This is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. It draws on a range of different cultures and is extensively illustrated. Zusammenfassung This is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. It draws on a range of different cultures and is extensively illustrated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Deconstruction and Analysis 1. Introduction 2. Artefacts from the Ground 3. Learning from Contexts 4. Making Sense of Artefacts 5. Changing Perspectives Section 2: Materials and Materiality 6. Materiality 7. Organic Materials and Artefacts 8. Stone Materials and Artefacts 9. Clay (and Glass) Materials and Artefacts 10. Metal Materials and Artefacts 11. Artefacts as Material Culture: Past, Present and Future

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• Autori: Linda Hurcombe, Linda (University of Exeter Hurcombe, Linda M. Hurcombe, Hurcombe Linda
• Editore: Routledge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2006
• EAN: 9780415320924
• ISBN: 978-0-415-32092-4
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques