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Learning from things method and theory of material culture studies

W. D Kingery

Washington, D.C Smithsonian Institution Press c1996

Localização: EPBC - Esc. Politécnica-Bib Central    (902 L478 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Learning from things method and theory of material culture studies
  • Autor: W. D Kingery
  • Assuntos: Material culture; Technology and civilization; Archaeology and history; CULTURA MATERIAL; ARQUEOLOGIA; TECNOLOGIA; CIVILIZAÇÃO
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references
  • Descrição: Introduction Material/culture: can the farmer and the cowman still be friends? Learning from technological things Object lessons/object myths? what historians learn from things Object/ions: technology, culture, and gender Formation processes of the historical and archaeological records Pathways to the present: in search of shirt-pocket radios with subminiature tubes Destruction of the archaeological heritage and the formation of museum collections: the case of Denmark Passionate possession: the formation of private collections
    Formation processes of ethnographic collections examples from the Great Basin of western North America Formation of anthropological archival records Role for materials science Materials science and material culture Optical and electron microscopy in material culture studies Dating, provenance, and usage in material culture studies
    Learning from Things presents the methods and theories underlying the many ways in which material objects - things of all kinds from all periods of history - can reconstruct and interpret lifeways of the past. This collection of essays links material culture studies with art history and the history of technology, as well as with archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, folklore studies, and other fields that use material evidence. The thirteen contributors - among them Jules D. Prown, Don D. Fowler, Steven Lubar, Joseph J. Corn, and Michael B. Schiffer - examine both the processes of forming historical and archaeological records and collections and how those processes influence, and even distort, conclusions made by scholars. The book also deals with the role of optical and electron microscopy, radiocarbon dating, and other tools of material science in material culture studies
    Citing various processes - from microwear analysis of Paleolithic stone tool surfaces to the impact of mechanized metal cutting on nineteenth-century gun production - the contributors argue the importance of multidisciplinary participation for accurately analyzing objects. Bringing together the approaches of both "hard" systematic scholars and "soft" humanists concerned with aesthetics and cultural belief systems, the book provides a foundation for the further evolution of material culture studies
  • Editor: Washington, D.C Smithsonian Institution Press
  • Data de criação/publicação: c1996
  • Formato: x, 262 p ill., maps 24 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês
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