Since the 19th century, mass-production, consumerism & cycles of material replacement have accelerated; increasingly larger amounts of things are increasingly rapidly victimized & made redundant. At the same time processes of destruction have immensely intensified, although largely overlooked when compared to the research & social significance devoted to consumption & production. The outcome is a ruin landscape of derelict factories, closed shopping malls, overgrown bunkers & redundant mining towns; a ghostly world of decaying modern debris normally left out of academic concerns &...
Since the 19th century, mass-production, consumerism & cycles of material replacement have accelerated; increasingly larger amounts of things are incr...
Multispecies Archaeology explores the issue of ecological and cultural novelty in the archaeological record from a multispecies perspective. Encompassing more than just our relationships with animals the book considers what we can learn about the human past without humans as the focus of the question. The volume digs deep into our understanding of interaction with plants, fungi, microbes, and even the fundamental building blocks of life, DNA. Multispecies Archaeology examineswhat it means to be human--and non-human--from a variety of perspectives providing a new...
Multispecies Archaeology explores the issue of ecological and cultural novelty in the archaeological record from a multispecies perspectiv...
