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Why Leather?
. Ed(S): Harris, Susanna; Veldmeijer, Andre J.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Harris, Susanna; Veldmeijer, Andre J. Num Pages: 135 pages, 50 full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFW; HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 259 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412.
This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin products through time, whether vegetable tanned leather, parchment, vellum, fat-cured skins or rawhide attest to its enduring versatility, utility and desirability. Typically grouped together as ‘leather’, the versatility of these materials is remarkable: they can be soft and supple like a textile, firm and rigid like a basket, or hard and watertight like a pot or gourd. This volume challenges a simple utilitarian or functional approach to leather; ... Read more
This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin products through time, whether vegetable tanned leather, parchment, vellum, fat-cured skins or rawhide attest to its enduring versatility, utility and desirability. Typically grouped together as ‘leather’, the versatility of these materials is remarkable: they can be soft and supple like a textile, firm and rigid like a basket, or hard and watertight like a pot or gourd. This volume challenges a simple utilitarian or functional approach to leather; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sidestone Press Netherlands
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
Number of Pages
135
Place of Publication
Leiden, Netherlands
ISBN
9789088902611
SKU
V9789088902611
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About . Ed(S): Harris, Susanna; Veldmeijer, Andre J.
Susanna Harris is Lecturer in Archaeology at the School of Humanities, University of Glasgow. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Harris specialises in the technical, scientific and experimental analysis of archaeological textiles and material culture. She currently leads the fibre and fabric analysis of Must Farm, Bronze Age pile-dwelling settlement and is co-investigator of ... Read more
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