Linda M Hurcombe

Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory

Investigating the Missing Majority

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 using examples and cases studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415537933
• ISBN-10: 0415537932
• Artikelnr.: 35679982

Autorenporträt

Linda M. Hurcombe is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Exeter, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

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