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Archaeology: The Discipline of Things
Bjørnar Olsen
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Description for Archaeology: The Discipline of Things
Hardback. Archaeology has always been marked by its particular care, obligation, and loyalty to things. This title 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. Num Pages: 266 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
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 past and present, of people and ... Read more
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 past and present, of people and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520274167
SKU
V9780520274167
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99-1
About Bjørnar Olsen
Bjornar Olsen, Professor at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Tromso. Michael Shanks is Omar and Althea Hoskins Professor of Classics at Stanford. Timothy Webmoor is Research Fellow in Science and Technology Studies at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society at the University of Oxford. Christopher Witmore is Associate Professor with the Department ... Read more
Reviews for Archaeology: The Discipline of Things
"Illuminating... Recommended."
A. B. Kehoe, Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Choice "The messages found in The Discipline of Things should resonate across the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and material culture studies, attracting readers ranging from traditional material culture researchers to those with a postprocessualist tendency."
Thomas E. Emerson American Journal of Archaeology "Genuinely thoughtful about the nature (or natures) ... Read more
A. B. Kehoe, Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Choice "The messages found in The Discipline of Things should resonate across the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and material culture studies, attracting readers ranging from traditional material culture researchers to those with a postprocessualist tendency."
Thomas E. Emerson American Journal of Archaeology "Genuinely thoughtful about the nature (or natures) ... Read more