1st Edition
Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory Investigating the Missing Majority
By Linda M. Hurcombe
Copyright 2014
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
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Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory provides new approaches and integrates a broad range of data to address a neglected topic, organic material in the prehistoric record. Providing news ideas and connections and suggesting revisionist ways of thinking about broad themes in the past, this book demonstrates the efficacy of an holistic approach by using examples and cases studies.
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Preface 1. The holistic approach to material culture 2. The materiality of plants 3. The materiality of animals 4. Intimate relationships between plants, animals and people 5. Integrating craft and subsistence needs 6. Integrating organic and inorganic material culture 7. Conclusions Endnotes Bibliography Index
Biography
Linda M. Hurcombe is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Exeter, UK.
