M LYNN MESKELL

Archaeologies of Materiality

Herausgeber: Meskell, Lynn

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Produktbeschreibung

Archaeologies of Materiality explores the philosophies that underpin materiality for specific cultural moments across time and space. Drawing on social theory, this volume provides a range of object orientations and is one of the first books to showcase substantive archaeological case studies devoted to the exploration of materiality. From prehistoric to contemporary contexts, this collection explores the idea of a material universe that is socially conceived and constructed, but that also shapes human experience in daily practice. Each case study demonstrates the saliency of materiality by linking it to concepts of landscape, technology, embodiment, ritual, and heritage. Archaeologies of Materiality will be of interest to students and scholars studying archaeology, anthropology, museum studies, and material culture studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781405136174
• ISBN-10: 1405136170
• Artikelnr.: 21696903

Autorenporträt

Lynn Meskell (Ph.D. University of Cambridge) is Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University. She is the founding editor of the Journal of Social Archaeology and has published numerous articles and books including Archaeology under Fire (ed. 1998), Archaeologies of Social Life (Blackwell 1999), Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt (2001), Embodied Lives: Figuring Ancient Maya and Egyptian Experience (with Rosemary Joyce, 2003), Object Worlds in Ancient Egypt: Material Biographies Past and Present (2004), Companion to Social Archaeology (ed. with Robert Preucel, Blackwell 2004), and Embedding Ethics (ed. with Peter Pels, 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures.
Acknowledgments.
Notes on Contributors.
1. Introduction: Object Orientations: Lynn Meskell.
2. Mastering Matters: Magical Sense and the Apotropaic Figure Worlds:
Carolyn Nakamura.
3. The Social life of Rocks: Lindsay Weiss.
4. With a Hint of Paris in the Mouth: Fetishized Toothbrushes or the
Sensuous Experience of Modernity in Late 19th-Century Bogotá: Felipe
Gaitán.
5. Faith in Objects: American Indian Object Lessons at the World in Boston:
Erin Hasinoff.
6. The Texture of Things: Objects, People, and Social Spaces in Argentine
Prehistory: Marisa Lazzari.
7. Building an Architecture of Power: Electricity in Annapolis, Maryland:
Matt Palus.
8. Materiality vs. the Volcano: The Hitherto Unthinkable Wildness of the
Volcán Barú, Panamá: Karen Holmberg.
Afterword: Daniel Miller.
Index

Rezensionen

"I would recommend this book to a number of audiences. For thosewho wish to educate themselves on the theoretical direction inarchaeology.... For those already working in the theoretical andinvestigative direction, the book offers a range of vocabulary andexpressive styles." (Cambridge Archaeological Journal,February 2007)

"This volume forces us to bring into focus our supposedlytransparent 'materialism' and recognize that the'things' we use to 'know a people' eludeour classic taxonomies and trouble our social theoreticalcategories. Calling into question a simple dichotomy of objects as'purely functional or deeply symbolic' this volumehelps us understand how 'materiality is problematic not onlyfor our classical versions of material determinism but equally formany of our 'new' and 'post' theories ofsignification." (Cambridge Archaeological Journal)

"This book crosses boundaries between anthropology,material culture studies, and archaeology, in an attempt tostrengthen a burgeoning movement toward looking at archaeologicalmaterials through the lens of materiality... it would beappropriate reading for all archaeologists interested in furtherexploring the relationships between social concepts and materialculture." (Canadian journal of Archaeology)

"Readers less interested in specific approach tomateriality will find value in the various reflections on thesubject and practice of archaeology in this volume."(American Antiquity)