{"product_id":"archaeologies-of-materiality-paperback-softback-9781405136167","title":"Archaeologies of Materiality (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405136167","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArchaeologies of Materiality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLynn Meskell (Edited by), L Meskell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405136167, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.345 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This fascinating and path-breaking volume addresses the most profound conceptual problems raised by the sheer materiality of things. It opens up important new conversations among archaeologists, socio-cultural anthropologists, and social theorists of all sorts.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWebb Keane, University of Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This collection is not only a great pleasure to read, but will impress all scholars interested in material culture with its multidisciplinary maturity.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Pels, Leiden University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This volume forces us to bring into focus our supposedly transparent ‘materialism’ and recognize that the ‘things’ we use to ‘know a people’ elude our classic taxonomies and trouble our social theoretical categories. Calling into question a simple dichotomy of objects as ‘purely functional or deeply symbolic’ this volume helps us understand how ‘materiality is problematic not only for our classical versions of material determinism but equally for many of our ‘new’ and ‘post’ theories of signification.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCambridge Archaeological Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book crosses boundaries between anthropology, material culture studies, and archaeology, in an attempt to strengthen a burgeoning movement toward looking at archaeological materials through the lens of materiality... it would be appropriate reading for all archaeologists interested in further exploring the relationships between social concepts and material culture.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCanadian journal of Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Readers less interested in specific approach to materiality will find value in the various reflections on the subject and practice of archaeology in this volume.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on social theory and offering numerous case studies, \u003ci\u003eArchaeologies of Materiality\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the first books to explore materiality across time and space.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the saliency of materiality by linking it to concepts of landscape, technology, embodiment, ritual, and heritage.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers archaeological case studies ranging from prehistoric to contemporary contexts, from Neo-Assyria, South Africa, Argentina, Panama, and the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the idea of a material universe that is socially conceived and constructed, but that also shapes human experience in daily practice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Object Orientations: Lynn Meskell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Mastering Matters: Magical Sense and the Apotropaic Figure Worlds: Carolyn Nakamura.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Social life of Rocks: Lindsay Weiss.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. With a Hint of Paris in the Mouth: Fetishized Toothbrushes or the Sensuous Experience of Modernity in Late 19th-Century Bogotá: Felipe Gaitán.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Faith in Objects: American Indian Object Lessons at the World in Boston: Erin Hasinoff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Texture of Things: Objects, People, and Social Spaces in Argentine Prehistory: Marisa Lazzari.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Building an Architecture of Power: Electricity in Annapolis, Maryland: Matt Palus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Materiality vs. the Volcano: The Hitherto Unthinkable Wildness of the Volcán Barú, Panamá: Karen Holmberg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword: Daniel Miller.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437769421080,"sku":"9781405136167","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405136167.jpg?v=1784939032","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/archaeologies-of-materiality-paperback-softback-9781405136167","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}