Archaeological Artefacts as Material Culture

by Hurcombe; Linda

• ISBN13: 9780415320924
• ISBN10: 0415320925
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-12-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This colourful book combines practical and theoretical information to provide a fresh approach to analysing and interpreting artefacts. In its study of the used and modified objects unearthed during excavations and surveys, archaeological enquiry is already steeped in material culture: here, Linda Hurcombe shows how an awareness of the discipline can deepen our understanding of the social context of past cultures. She also explores the manner in which objects from the past become part of the present.

Author Biography

Linda M. Hurcombe is Head of the Department of Archaeology, Exeter University

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Deconstruction and analysis	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Artefacts from the ground	p. 14
Learning from contexts	p. 38
Making sense of artefacts	p. 54
Changing perspectives	p. 91
Materials and materiality	p. 107
Materiality	p. 109
Organic materials and artefacts	p. 119
Stone materials and artefacts	p. 146
Clay (and glass) materials and artefacts	p. 166
Metal materials and artefacts	p. 190
Artefacts as material culture: past, present, and future	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 212
Index	p. 278
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