The Reality of Artifacts: An Archaeological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138635777 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 146 str.

Michael Chazan

Opis

Artifacts: An Archaeological Perspective develops an argument for the artifact as a status conferred by human engagement with material. It considers artifacts first in terms of their relationship to concepts and cognitive functions and then to the physical body and sense of self. The book builds on latest developments in archaeological research, particularly from the archaeology of human evolution, and integrates this wealth of new archaeological data with new research in cognitive science, haptics, and material culture studies.　The volume was developed for undergraduate and graduate courses and will be of interest both to archaeologists and the general reader interested in material culture.

O autorze

Michael Chazan is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He co-directs the Wonderwerk Cave Research Project with fieldwork at Wonderwerk Cave and the sites of the Kathu Complex, both located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.