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Archaeology: The Discipline of Things
Contributor(s): Olsen, Bjørnar (Author), Shanks, Michael (Author), Webmoor, Timothy (Author)

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 ISBN: 0520274164     ISBN-13: 9780520274167
Publisher: University of California Press
OUR PRICE: $78.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
Dewey: 930.1
LCCN: 2012021917
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.10 lbs) 266 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 05/01/2013
 
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Archaeology has always been marked by its particular care, obligation, and loyalty to things. While archaeologists may not share similar perspectives or practices, they find common ground in their concern for objects monumental and mundane. This book considers the myriad ways that archaeologists engage with things in order to craft stories, both big and small, concerning our relations with materials and the nature of the past.

Literally the "science of old things," archaeology does not discover the past as it was but must work with what remains. Such work involves the tangible mediation of past and present, of people and their cultural fabric, for things cannot be separated from society. Things are us. This book does not set forth a sweeping new theory. It does not seek to transform the discipline of archaeology. Rather, it aims to understand precisely what archaeologists do and to urge practitioners toward a renewed focus on and care for things.
 
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