| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. What makes a miniature?; 2. Exmoor's minilithic enigma; 3. Miniaturisation in early Egypt; 4. Miniaturisation among the Makah; 5. Interview with boat model-makers, Cliff Swallow and Pat Howard; 6. Miniaturising boats: the case of the Indian masula surf boat; 7. Composing Warao indigeneity and miniatures; 8. A sense of scale; 9. Interview with Henry Milner, architectural model-maker; 10. Some thoughts on the measure of objects; Index |
| Summary |
Worlds in Miniature brings together researchers working across different regions, time periods and disciplines to explore the subject of miniaturisation as a material culture technique |
| Analysis |
anthropology |
|
archaeology |
|
miniatures |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Material culture.
|
|
Miniature objects.
|
|
Miniature craft.
|
|
material culture (discipline)
|
|
miniatures (object genre)
|
|
Archaeology.
|
|
Material culture.
|
|
Anthropology.
|
|
Material culture
|
|
Miniature craft
|
|
Miniature objects
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Davy, Jack, editor
|
|
Dixon, Charlotte, editor
|
| ISBN |
9781787356481 |
|
1787356485 |
|
9781787356511 |
|
1787356515 |
|
9781787356528 |
|
1787356523 |
|
1787356493 |
|
9781787356498 |
|
9781787356535 |
|
1787356531 |
|
