In Defense of Things : Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects.
Title:
In Defense of Things : Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects.
Author:
Olsen, Bjørnar.
ISBN:
9780759119321
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (169 pages)
Series:
Archaeology in Society
Contents:
Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Brothers in Arms? -- Chapter 3: Material Culture as Text -- Chapter 4: The Phenomenology of Things -- Chapter 5: Tacit Matter -- Chapter 6: Temporality and Memory -- Chapter 7: Living with Things -- Chapter 8: In Defense of Things -- Notes -- References -- About the Author.
Abstract:
This important work of archaeological theory challenges us to reconsider our ideas about the nature of things, past and present, arguing that objects themselves possess a dynamic presence that we must take into account if we are to understand the world we and they inhabit.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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