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Knowledge Networks and Craft Traditions in the Ancient World - Material Crossovers (Paperback)
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Knowledge Networks and Craft Traditions in the Ancient World - Material Crossovers (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology
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This edited volume investigates knowledge networks based on
materials and associated technologies in Prehistoric Europe and the
Classical Mediterranean. It emphasises the significance of material
objects to the construction, maintenance, and collapse of networks
of various forms - which are central to explanations of cultural
contact and change. Focusing on the materiality of objects and on
the way in which materials are used adds a multidimensional quality
to networks. The properties, functions, and styles of different
materials are intrinsically linked to the way in which knowledge
flows and technologies are transmitted. Transmission of
technologies from one craft to another is one of the main drivers
of innovation, whilst sharing knowledge is enabled and limited by
the extent of associated social networks in place. Archaeological
research has often been limited to studying objects made of one
particular material in depth, be it lithic materials, ceramics,
textiles, glass, metal, wood or others. The knowledge flow and
transfer between crafts that deal with different materials have
often been overlooked. This book takes a fresh approach to the
reconstruction of knowledge networks by integrating two or more
craft traditions in each of its chapters. The authors, well-known
experts and early career researchers, provide concise case studies
that cover a wide range of materials. The scope of the book extends
from networks of craft traditions to implications for society in a
wider sense: materials, objects, and the technologies used to make
and distribute them are interwoven with social meaning. People make
objects, but objects make people - the materiality of objects
shapes our understanding of the world and our place within it. In
this book, objects are treated as clues to social networks of
different sorts that can be contrasted and compared, both spatially
and diachronically.
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