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1 online resource (266 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Caring about Things; 2. The Ambiguity of Things: Contempt and Desire; 3. Engagements with Things: The Making of Archaeology; 4. Digging Deep: Archaeology and Field work; 5. Things in Translation: Documents and Imagery; 6. Futures for Things: Memory Practices and Digital Translation; 7. Timely Things: From Argos to Mycenae and Beyond; 8. Making and the Design of Things: Human Being and the Shape of History; 9. Getting on with Things: A Material Metaphysics of Care; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q |
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| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-243) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Archaeology.
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Material culture.
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Archaeology
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archaeology.
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material culture (discipline)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Archaeology
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Material culture
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Archäologie
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Sachkultur
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Materiell kultur.
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Arkeologi.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shanks, Michael
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Webmoor, Timothy
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Witmore, Christopher
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| LC no. |
2012021917 |
| ISBN |
9780520954007 |
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0520954009 |
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9780520274167 |
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0520274164 |
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9780520274174 |
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0520274172 |
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1283695936 |
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9781283695930 |
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