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Author Jervis, Ben

Title Pottery and social life in medieval England : towards a relational approach / Ben Jervis
Published Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Contents The emergent discipline: pottery and medieval archaeology -- Towards a relational archaeology -- Emergent objects: situating pottery in the material world -- Emergent people: pottery and identity -- Emergent landscapes: pottery, people and places -- Pots in motion: pottery, meaning and change
Summary How can pottery studies contribute to the study of medieval archaeology? How do pots relate to documents, landscapes and identities? These are the questions addressed in this book which develops a new approach to the study of pottery in medieval archaeology. Utilising an interpretive framework which focuses upon the relationships between people, places and things, the effect of the production, consumption and discard of pottery is considered, to see pottery not as reflecting medieval life, but as one actor which contributed to the development of multiple experiences and realities in medieval E
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Pottery, Medieval -- Social aspects -- England
Archaeology, Medieval -- England
Material culture -- England -- History -- To 1500
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
Antiquities
Archaeology, Medieval
Material culture
Keramik
SUBJECT England -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043261
Subject England
England
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014019724
ISBN 9781782976608
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