1st Edition
An Archaeology of Materials Substantial Transformations in Early Prehistoric Europe
By Chantal Conneller
Copyright 2011
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
An Archaeology of Materials sets out a new approach to the study of raw materials. Traditional understandings of materials in archaeology (and in western thought more widely) have failed to acknowledge both the complexity and, moreover, the benefits of an analysis of materials. Here Conneller argues that materials cannot be understood independently of the practices through which they are... Read more
Introduction. Making Materials Matter 1. Forming Materials 2. Animal Materials 3. The Materiality of Stone 4. Materials Worlds Conclusion. Substantial Transformations
Biography
Chantal Conneller is a lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the European Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic; she has also worked extensively as a lithic specialist. She is the editor with Graeme Warren of Mesolithic Britain and Ireland. New Approaches.
