1st Edition

Archaeological Artefacts as Material Culture

By Linda Hurcombe Copyright 2008
366 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and extensively illustrated,  Archaeological Artefacts and Material Culture covers everything from recovery strategies and recording procedures to interpretation through typology, ethnography and experiment, and... Read more

Section 1: Deconstruction and Analysis  1. Introduction  2. Artefacts from the Ground  3. Learning from Contexts  4. Making Sense of Artefacts  5. Changing Perspectives  Section 2: Materials and Materiality  6. Materiality  7. Organic Materials and Artefacts  8. Stone Materials and Artefacts  9. Clay (and Glass) Materials and Artefacts  10. Metal Materials and Artefacts  11. Artefacts as Material Culture: Past, Present and Future

Biography

Linda Hurcombe is Head of Department at the Department of Archaeology, Exeter University.  She has particular interests in a range of artefact studies including stone stools, functional analysis and organic material culture.  She has undertaken fieldwork in Pakistan, Britain and Europe and published books on gender and material culture and functional analysis.