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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bjørnar Olsen; Michael Shanks; Timothy Webmoor; Christopher Witmore |
ISBN: | 9780520954007 0520954009 9780520274167 0520274164 9780520274174 0520274172 1283695936 9781283695930 |
Language Note: | English. |
OCLC Number: | 818113300 |
Description: | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
Contents: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Caring about Things; 2. The Ambiguity of Things: Contempt and Desire; 3. Engagements with Things: The Making of Archaeology; 4. Digging Deep: Archaeology and Field work; 5. Things in Translation: Documents and Imagery; 6. Futures for Things: Memory Practices and Digital Translation; 7. Timely Things: From Argos to Mycenae and Beyond; 8. Making and the Design of Things: Human Being and the Shape of History; 9. Getting on with Things: A Material Metaphysics of Care; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q. RS; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
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Abstract:
Archaeology has always been marked by its particular care, obligation, and loyalty to things. This title considers the myriad ways that archaeologists engage with things in order to craft stories, both big and small, concerning our relations with materials and the nature of the past.
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"Illuminating... Recommended." -- A. B. Kehoe, Emeritus, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Choice
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