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Thinking Through Images
Narrative, Rhythm, Embodiment and Landscape in the Nordic Bronze Age
Häftad, 2021
549 kr
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This book provides a general self-reflexive review and critical analysis of Scandinavian rock art from the standpoint of Chris Tilley’s research in this area over the last thirty years. It offers a novel alternative theoretical perspective stressing the significance of visual narrative structure …
Re-constructing Archaeology
Theory and Practice
Av Michael Shanks, Christopher Tilley
Häftad, 1992
832 kr
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InRe-Constructing Archaeology, Shanks and Tilley aim to challenge the disciplinary practices of both traditional and the `new' archaeology and to present a radical alternative - a critically self-consious archaeology aware of itself as pracitce in the present, and equally a social archaeology that …
Ideology, Power and Prehistory
Av Daniel Miller, Christopher Tilley m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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This book starts from the premise that methodology - the procedures for obtaining an 'objective' knowledge of the past - has always dominated archaeology to the detriment of broader social theory. It argues that social theory is archaeological theory, and that past failure to recognise this has …
An Ethnography of the Neolithic
Early Prehistoric Societies in Southern Scandinavia
Av Christopher Tilley, Colin Renfrew m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
574 kr
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Archaeological research in Sweden and Denmark has uncovered a startling array of evidence over the last 150 years, but until now there has been no comprehensive synthesis and interpretation of the material. An Ethnography of the Neolithic bridges this gap, giving an accessible and up-to-date …
Reading Material Culture
Structuralism, Hermeneutics and Post-Structuralism
Häftad, 1990
700 kr
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Central to any understanding of the significance of material objects, whether contemporary or prehistoric, is a discussion of the very nature of interpretation itself: how we 'read' artefacts and inscribe them into the present. This book examines the complex relations between material culture, …
Metaphor and Material Culture
Inbunden, 1999
1852 kr
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This book provides an innovative contribution to debates about the use of metaphor in the social sciences written by one of today's foremost archaeological theorists.
Metaphor and Material Culture
Häftad, 1999
641 kr
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This book provides an innovative contribution to debates about the use of metaphor in the social sciences written by one of today's foremost archaeological theorists.
Social Theory and Archaeology
Av Michael Shanks, Christopher Tilley
Häftad, 1987
272 kr
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Archaeological theory and method have recently become the subject of vigorous debate centred on the growing realization that archaeological theory is social theory and as such can be looked at by means of a wide variety of sociological frameworks, such as structuralism and post-structuralism, …
Interpretative Archaeology
Inbunden, 1994
2588 kr
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This fascinating volume integrates recent developments in anthropological and sociological theory with a series of detailed studies of prehistoric material culture. The authors explore the manner in which semiotic, hermeneutic, Marxist, and post-structuralist approaches radically alter our …
Interpretative Archaeology
Häftad, 1994
667 kr
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This fascinating volume integrates recent developments in anthropological and sociological theory with a series of detailed studies of prehistoric material culture. The authors explore the manner in which semiotic, hermeneutic, Marxist, and post-structuralist approaches radically alter our …
Phenomenology of Landscape
Places, Paths and Monuments
Av Christopher Tilley, Bruce Kapferer m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
2045 kr
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Offers a new approach to landscape perception.This book is an extended photographic essay about topographic features of the landscape. It integrates philosophical approaches to landscape perception with anthropological studies of the significance of the landscape in small-scale societies. This …
Interpretative Archaeology
E-bok, 2020
768 kr
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This fascinating volume integrates recent developments in anthropological and sociological theory with a series of detailed studies of prehistoric material culture. The authors explore the manner in which semiotic, hermeneutic, Marxist, and post-structuralist approaches radically alter our …
Materiality of Stone
Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology
E-bok, 2020
749 kr
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With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the icy frozen waves of the Cambrian sandstone of south-east Sweden, this book investigates the sensuous material qualities …
Interpretative Archaeology
E-bok, 2020
768 kr
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This fascinating volume integrates recent developments in anthropological and sociological theory with a series of detailed studies of prehistoric material culture. The authors explore the manner in which semiotic, hermeneutic, Marxist, and post-structuralist approaches radically alter our …
Materiality of Stone
Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology
E-bok, 2020
749 kr
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With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the icy frozen waves of the Cambrian sandstone of south-east Sweden, this book investigates the sensuous material qualities …
Re-constructing Archaeology
Theory and Practice
Av Christopher Tilley, Michael Shanks
E-bok, 2016
981 kr
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InRe-Constructing Archaeology, Shanks and Tilley aim to challenge the disciplinary practices of both traditional and the `new'' archaeology and to present a radical alternative - a critically self-consious archaeology aware of itself as pracitce in the present, and equally a social archaeology that …
Re-constructing Archaeology
Theory and Practice
Av Christopher Tilley, Michael Shanks
E-bok, 2016
960 kr
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InRe-Constructing Archaeology, Shanks and Tilley aim to challenge the disciplinary practices of both traditional and the `new'' archaeology and to present a radical alternative - a critically self-consious archaeology aware of itself as pracitce in the present, and equally a social archaeology that …
Re-constructing Archaeology
Theory and Practice
Av Michael Shanks, Christopher Tilley
Inbunden, 2016
2588 kr
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InRe-Constructing Archaeology, Shanks and Tilley aim to challenge the disciplinary practices of both traditional and the `new' archaeology and to present a radical alternative - a critically self-consious archaeology aware of itself as pracitce in the present, and equally a social archaeology that …
Dolmens and Passage Graves of Sweden
An Introduction and Guide
Inbunden, 2017
3158 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive introduction and guide to Sweden‘s most spectacular Stone Age monuments: the dolmens and passage graves, which began to be constructed over 5000 years ago. The introduction provides a detailed social interpretation of these monuments outlining how and why they …
Material Culture and Text
The Art of Ambiguity
Inbunden, 2014
2513 kr
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Originally published in 1991, this is the first book-length exploration of post-structuralist discourse theory in archaeology. It tackles the most basic problem of historical and archaeological analysis - the relationship between text and artefact – in an analysis of prehistoric art fusing theory …
Material Culture and Text
The Art of Ambiguity
Häftad, 2016
877 kr
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Originally published in 1991, this is the first book-length exploration of post-structuralist discourse theory in archaeology. It tackles the most basic problem of historical and archaeological analysis - the relationship between text and artefact – in an analysis of prehistoric art fusing theory …
Dolmens and Passage Graves of Sweden
An Introduction and Guide
E-bok, 2016
1623 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive introduction and guide to Sweden’s most spectacular Stone Age monuments: the dolmens and passage graves, which began to be constructed over 5000 years ago. The introduction provides a detailed social interpretation of these monuments outlining how and why they …
Dolmens and Passage Graves of Sweden
An Introduction and Guide
E-bok, 2016
1623 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive introduction and guide to Sweden’s most spectacular Stone Age monuments: the dolmens and passage graves, which began to be constructed over 5000 years ago. The introduction provides a detailed social interpretation of these monuments outlining how and why they …
Stone Worlds
Narrative and Reflexivity in Landscape Archaeology
Av Christopher Tilley, Sue Hamilton m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
1052 kr
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This book represents an innovative experiment in presenting the results of a large-scale, multidisciplinary archaeological project. The well-known authors and their team examined the Neolithic and Bronze Age landscapes on Bodmin Moor of Southwest England, especially the site of Leskernick. The …
Stone Worlds
Narrative and Reflexivity in Landscape Archaeology
Av Christopher Tilley, Sue Hamilton m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
1052 kr
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This book represents an innovative experiment in presenting the results of a large-scale, multidisciplinary archaeological project. The well-known authors and their team examined the Neolithic and Bronze Age landscapes on Bodmin Moor of Southwest England, especially the site of Leskernick. The …
Interpreting Landscapes
Geologies, Topographies, Identities; Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology 3
E-bok, 2016
999 kr
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This book takes a new approach to writing about the past. Instead of studying the prehistory of Britain from Mesolithic to Iron Age times in terms of periods or artifact classifications, Tilley examines it through the lens of their geology and landscapes, asserting the fundamental significance of …
Interpreting Landscapes
Geologies, Topographies, Identities; Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology 3
E-bok, 2016
999 kr
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This book takes a new approach to writing about the past. Instead of studying the prehistory of Britain from Mesolithic to Iron Age times in terms of periods or artifact classifications, Tilley examines it through the lens of their geology and landscapes, asserting the fundamental significance of …
Body and Image
Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology 2
E-bok, 2016
927 kr
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The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lens—a cognitive process based on traditional practices in art history. But ancient people did not ascribe their visions on canvas, rather on hills, stones, and fields. …
