Material Cultures – serie
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18 produkter
Experiencing the Past
On the Character of Archaeology
Inbunden, 1991
2586 kr
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In Experiencing the Past Michael Shanks presents an animated exploration of the character of archaeology and reclaims the sentiment and feeling which are so often lost in purely academic approaches.
Social Transformations in Archaeology
Global and Local Perspectives
Av Kristian Kristiansen, Michael Rowlands
Inbunden, 1998
2586 kr
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Social Transformations in Archaeology explores the relevance of archaeology to the study of long-term change and to the understanding of our contemporary world. The articles are divided into:* broader theoretical issues* post-colonial issues in a wide range of contexts* archaeological examination …
Technological Choices
Transformation in Material Cultures Since the Neolithic
Inbunden, 1993
2586 kr
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Technological Choices applies the critical tools of archaeology to the subject of technology and its impact on humankind throughout the ages. An examination of the challenges technological innovations present to various cultures, Technological Choices asserts that in any society, such choices are …
Swastika
Constructing the Symbol
Inbunden, 1994
2586 kr
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Despite the enormous amount of material on the subject of Nazism, there has been no substantial work on its emblem, the swastika. This original and controversial contribution examines the role that the swastika played in the construction of the Aryan myth in the nineteenth century, and its use in …
Acknowledging Consumption
Häftad, 1995
648 kr
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A multi-disciplinary overview providing new theories, critical analyses and the latest reasearch on this very fashionable topic. Includes chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, economics, history, sociology and many more areas.
Gifts and Commodities
Exchange and Western Capitalism Since 1700
Inbunden, 1994
2586 kr
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Three hundred years ago people made most of what they used, or got it in trade from their neighbours. Now, no one seems to make anything, and we buy what we need from shops. Gifts and Commodities describes the cultural and historical process of these changes and looks at the rise of consumer …
Theory and Practice in Archaeology
Av Ian Hodder
Häftad, 1995
667 kr
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In this latest collection of his articles, of which seven are written especially for this volume, Ian Hodder captures and continues the lively controversy of the 1980s over symbolic and structural approaches to archaeology. The book acts as an overview of the developments in the discipline over the …
Architecture and Order
Approaches to Social Space
Av Michael Parker Pearson, Colin Richards
Häftad, 1997
757 kr
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Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world, and understanding the use of space is fundamental to archaeological inquiry. Architecture and Order draws on the work of archaeologists, social theorists and architects to explore the way in which people relate …
Mind, Materiality and History
Explorations in Fijian Ethnography
Inbunden, 1999
2512 kr
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How do we become who we are? How is it that people are so similar in the ways they differ from one another, and so different in the ways they are the same?Christina Toren's theory of mind as not only a physical phenomenon, but an historical one, sets out to answer these questions by examining how …
Mind, Materiality and History
Explorations in Fijian Ethnography
Häftad, 1999
866 kr
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How do we become who we are? How is it that people are so similar in the ways they differ from one another, and so different in the ways they are the same?Christina Toren's theory of mind as not only a physical phenomenon, but an historical one, sets out to answer these questions by examining how …
Time, Culture and Identity
An Interpretative Archaeology
Häftad, 1998
648 kr
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Time, Culture and Identity questions the modern western distinctions between:* nature and culture* mind and body* object and subject.Drawing on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Julian Thomas develops a way of writing about the past in which time is seen as central to the emergence of the …
Technological Choices
Transformation in Material Cultures Since the Neolithic
Häftad, 2002
832 kr
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Technological Choices applies the critical tools of archaeology to the subject of technology and its impact on humankind throughout the ages. An examination of the challenges technological innovations present to various cultures, Technological Choices asserts that in any society, such choices are …
Experiencing the Past
On the Character of Archaeology
Häftad, 2011
937 kr
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In Experiencing the Past Michael Shanks presents an animated exploration of the character of archaeology and reclaims the sentiment and feeling which are so often lost in purely academic approaches.
Gifts and Commodities
Exchange and Western Capitalism Since 1700
Häftad, 2012
937 kr
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Three hundred years ago people made most of what they used, or got it in trade from their neighbours. Now, no one seems to make anything, and we buy what we need from shops. Gifts and Commodities describes the cultural and historical process of these changes and looks at the rise of consumer …
Social Transformations in Archaeology
Global and Local Perspectives
Av Kristian Kristiansen, Michael Rowlands
Häftad, 2014
877 kr
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Social Transformations in Archaeology explores the relevance of archaeology to the study of long-term change and to the understanding of our contemporary world. The articles are divided into:* broader theoretical issues* post-colonial issues in a wide range of contexts* archaeological examination …
Architecture and Order
Approaches to Social Space
Av Michael Parker Pearson, Colin Richards
Inbunden, 2015
3156 kr
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Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world, and understanding the use of space is fundamental to archaeological inquiry. Architecture and Order draws on the work of archaeologists, social theorists and architects to explore the way in which people relate …
Acknowledging Consumption
Inbunden, 2016
2512 kr
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A multi-disciplinary overview providing new theories, critical analyses and the latest reasearch on this very fashionable topic. Includes chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, economics, history, sociology and many more areas.
Theory and Practice in Archaeology
Av Ian Hodder
Inbunden, 2016
2586 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this latest collection of his articles, of which seven are written especially for this volume, Ian Hodder captures and continues the lively controversy of the 1980s over symbolic and structural approaches to archaeology. The book acts as an overview of the developments in the discipline over the …
