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An Archaeology of the Senses - Prehistoric Malta (Hardcover)
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An Archaeology of the Senses - Prehistoric Malta (Hardcover)
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Despite the fundamental importance of the senses in human
experience, archaeologists have, until recently, tended to neglect
the abundant sensory dimensions of the material world they
investigate, with the exception of the sense of sight, which has
dominated archaeological theory and practice. In this book Robin
Skeates establishes a well-defined methodology for an archaeology
of the senses, produces a challenging new interpretative synthesis
of Maltese prehistoric archaeology, and provides a rich
archaeological case-study for the emergent interdisciplinary field
of sensual culture studies. Using the combined methods of
reflexivity, inventory, experimentation, thick description, and
creative writing, Skeates explores the senses of sight, sound,
smell and taste, touch, spatiality, the emotions, and their
synaesthesthic interplay. Over space, three particular types of
sensory domain are considered in detail within the wider context of
the Maltese islandscape: dwelling places, monumental buildings, and
the underworld. And over time the character, dynamism, and
diversity of the successive sensual cultures of prehistoric Malta
are defined.
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