Personal Ornaments in Prehistory An Exploration of Body Augmentation from the Palaeolithic to the Early Bronze Age.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baysal, Emma L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, 2019.
Temas:
Jewelry, Ancient.
Decoration and ornament, Prehistoric.
Bijoux antiques.
Decoration and ornament, Prehistoric
Jewelry, Ancient
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Book Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1. What is a personal ornament?
  • 2. Personal ornaments as an academic subject
  • 3. Ornaments in prehistory: a very long story
  • 4. What is in this book?
  • 2. Personal ornaments: why are they important in prehistory?
  • 1. Excavating and interpreting personal ornaments: a process
  • 2. Personal issues: identity, memory and material entanglements
  • 3. Practical issues: procurement, technology and use
  • 4. Economic issues: value and specialisation
  • 3. Geography, temporality and interpretation
  • 1. Geographic variation: landscape, materials and ornaments
  • 2. Continuity and change: the long view of ornament use
  • 3. Personal ornaments and the archaeological narrative
  • 4. Starting at the beginning: the Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic
  • 1. Shells, the sea and faraway places
  • 2. Bead technologies at the beginning
  • 3. More materials, and the beginning of a long story
  • 4. Box 1
  • Artefact biography: shell beads from Direkli Cave, Turkey
  • 5. Changing times? The Early Neolithic
  • 1. Memories of times past
  • 2. New practices in settled life
  • 3. Stone technology: knowledge, choices and raw materials
  • 4. Stone technology: production areas and skill
  • 5. The value of ornaments and recycling
  • 6. Box 2
  • Artefact biography: recycled stone pendant from Boncuklu Höyük, Turkey
  • 6. Settled life and identity: the established Neolithic
  • 1. Still looking back to times past
  • 2. Changing technologies and new materials
  • 3. The technology of changing colour
  • 4. Production areas and the beginning of specialisation
  • 5. Ornaments on the body and identity in burial
  • 6. Box 3
  • Artefact biography: a blue bead from the site of Barcın Höyük, Turkey
  • 7. New technologies and interactions: the Chalcolithic
  • 1. Trade networks and adventures at sea
  • 2. Complex technologies and making things
  • 3. A bolder aesthetic and the question of meaning
  • 4. Looking back, the long story
  • 5. Box 4
  • Artefact biography: a shell pendant from Canhasan I, Turkey
  • 8. Ornaments and the coming of civilisation? The Early Bronze Age
  • 1. More new materials, value and trade
  • 2. The seal and beads in ownership
  • 3. How many, who and how? Established specialisation
  • 4. Looking forward: history built on strong foundations
  • 5. Box 5
  • Artefact biography: lapis lazuli bead, Başur Höyük, Turkey
  • 9. Personal ornaments: dependencies, interactions and long-term change
  • 1. Economy: ornaments and specialisation
  • 2. Society: ornaments, connections and communications
  • 3. Identity: ornaments in the long term
  • 4. Is it change yet? Envisioning a narrative approach
  • 5. What next?
  • Bibliography

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