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Archaeology : the Discipline of Things.
Archaeology has always been marked by its particular care, obligation, and loyalty to things. While archaeologists may not share similar perspectives or practices, they find common ground in their concern for objects monumental and mundane. This book considers the myriad ways that archaeologists eng...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkerley :
University of California Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Archaeology has always been marked by its particular care, obligation, and loyalty to things. While archaeologists may not share similar perspectives or practices, they find common ground in their concern for objects monumental and mundane. This book considers the myriad ways that archaeologists engage with things in order to craft stories, both big and small, concerning our relations with materials and the nature of the past. Literally the "science of old things," archaeology does not discover the past as it was but must work with what remains. Such work involves the tangible mediation of pa. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520954007 0520954009 9780520274167 0520274164 9780520274174 0520274172 1283695936 9781283695930 |