Maikel Kuijpers

An Archaeology of Skill (eBook, PDF)

Metalworking Skill and Material Specialization in Early Bronze Age Central Europe

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An Archaeology of Skill identifies skill as the linchpin of - and missing link between - studies on craft, creativity, innovation, and material culture. Through a detailed study of early bronze age axes the book explores what it involves to be skilled, providing an evidence based argument about levels of skill.

The ideas developed here relate to the emerging trend of 'material thinking' in social sciences. At the same time, it looks towards and augments the development in craft-studies, recognising the many different aspects of craft in contemporary and past societies. Drawing together these two distinct fields will stimulate (re)thinking of how to integrate production with discussions of other aspects of object biographies, and link arguments about value to social models.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351765817
• Artikelnr.: 49040784

Autorenporträt

Maikel Kuijpers holds a PhD from Cambridge university and is currently a lecturer in European Prehistory at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University. His main research topics are technology, craftsmanship, and skill which he explores both in archaeology as well as contemporary society.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A matter of skill
2. Hard and soft approaches to ancient metallurgy: two sides of the same coin
3. Craft theory
4. Perceptive categories and the standard of the time
5. Metal Axes and Metallographic Samples
6. Approaching the data from a craftsperson's perspective
7. Late copper age axes
8. Early bronze age I axes
9. Early bronze age II axes
10. Material specialisation and skill
11. The right beginning: intentionality and axe recipes
12. What is skill and what does it bring about?
Appendices