Joanna R. Sofaer

The Body as Material Culture

A Theoretical Osteoarchaeology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the two distinct approaches taken when examining archaeological remains, one based on science, the other on social theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780521521468
• ISBN-10: 0521521467
• Artikelnr.: 21961355

Autorenporträt

Joanna R. Sofaer is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Southampton. As an osteoarchaeologist and prehistorian, she has published widely on human bioarchaeology and European prehistory. Her previous publications include Children and Material Culture (editor) (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Bodies and boundaries
2. The body as an archaeological resource
3. The body and convention in archaeological practice
4. Material bodies
5. Gender
6. Age.