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Archaeology: The Discipline of Things
Bjørnar Olsen, Michael Shanks, Timothy Webmoor, and Christopher Witmore
Abstract
The “science of old things,” archaeology is marked by its care, obligation, and loyalty to things, from ancient cities in the Mexican heartland and megalithic monuments in Britain to the perfume jars of the ancient Greek city-state and Leica cameras. This book seeks to understand the diverse practices that arise through this disciplinary commitment to things.
Keywords: things, archaeology, care, symmetry, material culture, archaeological theory
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 | Print ISBN-13: 9780520274167 |
| Published to California Scholarship Online: September 2013 | DOI:10.1525/california/9780520274167.001.0001 |
