1st Edition

Material Culture and Text The Art of Ambiguity

By Christopher Tilley Copyright 1991
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1991, this is the first book-length exploration of post-structuralist discourse theory in archaeology. It tackles the most basic problem of historical and archaeological analysis - the relationship between text and artefact – in an analysis of prehistoric art fusing theory and the practice of interpretation to create a fresh framework for understanding the relationship... Read more

Preface  Part 1: Reading a Material Text  1. Motifs and Rapids  2. Nämforsen Through the Eyes of Hallström  3. Locating a Grammar  4. Why Nämforsen?  5. Design Form  6. Mobile Space, Arrested Time  7. Related Texts  Part 2: Mediating the Text  8. A Structural Logic  9. An Hermeneutics of Meaning  10. An Analytics of Power  11. Conclusions

Biography

Tilley, Christopher