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The Archaeology of Hybrid Material Culture (Occasional Paper)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Card, Jeb J. Num Pages: 524 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 932.
In recent years, archaeologists have used the terms hybrid and hybridity with increasing frequency to describe and interpret forms of material culture. Hybridity is a way of viewing culture and human action that addresses the issue of power differentials between peoples and cultures. This approach suggests that cultures are not discrete pure entities but rather are continuously transforming and recombining. The Archaeology of Hybrid Material Culture discusses this concept and its relationship to archaeological classification and the emergence of new ethnic group identities. This collection of essays provides readers with theoretical and concrete tools for investigating objects and architecture with ... Read more
In recent years, archaeologists have used the terms hybrid and hybridity with increasing frequency to describe and interpret forms of material culture. Hybridity is a way of viewing culture and human action that addresses the issue of power differentials between peoples and cultures. This approach suggests that cultures are not discrete pure entities but rather are continuously transforming and recombining. The Archaeology of Hybrid Material Culture discusses this concept and its relationship to archaeological classification and the emergence of new ethnic group identities. This collection of essays provides readers with theoretical and concrete tools for investigating objects and architecture with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
524
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809333141
SKU
V9780809333141
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About
Jeb J. Card is a visiting assistant professor of anthropology at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and a 2009 visiting scholar at the Center for Archaeological Investigations at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has contributed to scholarly journals and conferences and has field and lab experience on many sites in Mesoamerica, his geographic area of study.
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