Archaeology : The Discipline of Things

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Olsen, Bjornar
Autres auteurs: Witmore, Christopher, Webmoor, Timothy, Shanks, Michael
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkerley : University of California Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Arkeologi.
Materiell kultur.
Sachkultur
Archäologie
Material culture.
Archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
material culture (discipline)
archaeology.
Culture materielle.
Archeologie.
Archaeology
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (266 pages).
ISBN:9780520954007

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