1st Edition
The Archaeology of Personhood An Anthropological Approach
By Chris Fowler
Copyright 2004
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Bringing together a wealth of research in social and cultural anthropology, philosophy and related fields, this is the first book to address the contribution that an understanding of personhood can make to our interpretations of the past
Applying an anthropological approach to detailed case studies from European prehistoric archaeology, the book explores the connection between people, animals,... Read more
1. The Individual in the Archaeological Imagination 2. Personhood and Identity: Theoretical Frameworks 3. Personhood, Exchange and Artefacts 4. Personhood Death and Transformation 5. Bodies, Substances and Community 6. An Interpretation: Personhood in Later Mesolithic Scandinavia 7. Relational Personhood in Context
Biography
Chris Fowler held a Leverhulme Special Research Fellowship during 2000-2002 at the University of Manchester, where he now lectures. He is a specialist in the British Neolithic and archaeological theory, particularly focussing on concepts of the person and approaches to identity in the past
‘Without doubt a worthwhile addition to the corpus of archaeological theoretical publications.’ – www.PalArch.nl
