Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory: Investigating the Missing Majority

ISBN-13: 9780415537933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 276 str.

Linda Hurcombe

Opis

This title provides new approaches and integrates a broad range of data to address a neglected topic, organic material in the prehistoric record. Providing news ideas and connections and suggesting revisionist ways of thinking about broad themes in the past, this book demonstrates the efficacy of an holistic approach by using examples and cases studies.

Spis treści

Preface  1. The holistic approach to material culture  2. The materiality of plants  3. The materiality of animals  4. Intimate relationships between plants, animals and people  5. Integrating craft and subsistence needs  6. Integrating organic and inorganic material culture  7. Conclusions  Endnotes  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Linda M. Hurcombe is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Exeter, UK.