Object Stories - Artifacts and Archaeologists (Paperback)

Archaeologists are synonymous with artifacts. With artifacts we construct stories concerning past lives and livelihoods, yet we rarely write of deeply personal encounters or of the way the lives of objects and our lives become enmeshed. In this volume, 23 archaeologists each tell an intimate story of their experience and entanglement with an evocative artifact. Artifacts range from a New Britain obsidian tool to an abandoned Viking toy boat, the marble finger of a classical Greek statue and ordinary pottery fragments from Roman England and Polynesia. Other tales cover contemporary objects, including a toothpick, bell, door, and the blueprint for a 1970s motorcar. These creative stories are self-consciously personal; they derive from real world encounter viewed through the peculiarities and material intimacy of archaeological practice. This text can be used in undergraduate and graduate courses focused on archaeological interpretation and theory, as well as on material culture and story-telling.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	2015
Editors:	Steve Brown • Anne Clarke • Ursula Frederick
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	246
ISBN-13:	978-1-61132-384-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological methodology & techniques Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	1-61132-384-3
Barcode:	9781611323849

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