| Description |
ix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction : object orientations / Lynn Meskell -- 2. Mastering matters : magical sense and apotropaic figurine worlds of Neo-Assyria / Carolyn Nakamura -- 3. The social life of rock art : materiality, consumption, and power in South African heritage / Lindsay Moira Weiss -- 4. With a hint of Paris in the mouth : fetishized toothbrushes or the sensuous experience of modernity in late 19th century Bogota / Felipe Gaitan Ammann -- 5. Faith in objects : American Indian object lessons at the world in Boston / Erin Hasinoff -- 6. The texture of things : objects, people, and landscape in Northwest Argentina (first millennium A.D.) / Marisa Lazzari -- 7. Building an architecture of power : electricity in Annapolis, Maryland in the 19th and 20th centuries / Matthew W. Palus -- 8. The voices of stones : unthinkable materiality in the volcanic context of western Panama / Karen Holmberg -- 9. Afterword / Daniel Miller |
| Summary |
"Archaeologies of Materiality explores the philosophies that underpin materiality for specific cultural moments across time and space. Drawing on social theory, this volume provides a range of object orientations and is one of the first books to showcase substantive archaeological case studies devoted to the exploration of materiality. From prehistoric to contemporary contexts, this collection explores the idea of a material universe that is socially conceived and constructed, but that also shapes human experience in daily practice. Each case study demonstrates the saliency of materiality by linking it to concepts of landscape, technology, embodiment, ritual, and heritage. Archaeologies of Materiality will be of interest to students and scholars studying archaeology, anthropology, museum studies, and material culture studies."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Material culture.
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Social archaeology.
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| Author |
Meskell, Lynn.
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| LC no. |
2005008557 |
| ISBN |
1405136162 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1405136170 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781405136167 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781405136174 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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