1st Edition

Assemblage Thought and Archaeology

By Ben Jervis Copyright 2019
196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

From examinations of prehistoric burial to understanding post-industrial spaces and heritage practices, the writing of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari is gaining increasing importance within archaeological thought. Their concept of ‘assemblages’ allows us to explore the past in new ways, by placing an emphasis on difference rather than similarity, on fluidity rather stasis and unpredictability... Read more

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of key concept boxes

Chapter 1: Assemblage, Ontology and Archaeology

Chapter 2: From Archaeological Assemblage to Vibrant Assemblage

Chapter 3: Material and Form

Chapter 4: Assemblage Urbanism

Chapter 5: Doing Assemblage Archaeology

Index

 

Biography

Ben Jervis is lecturer in medieval archaeology at Cardiff University, UK. He is currently co-investigator (with Dr Chris Briggs) on the Leverhulme Trust project Living Standards and Material Culture in English Rural Households: 1300–1600. He is the author of Pottery and Social Life: Towards a Relational Approach, 2014, and co-editor of several books including Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe, 2016, and Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation: Between Text and Practice, 2018. He has also published in journals including World Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, The Norwegian Archaeological Review and Archaeological Dialogues.