Prehistoric materialities [electronic resource] : becoming material in prehistoric Britain and Ireland / Andrew Meirion Jones.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xi, 230 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), map.ISBN: 9780191804380 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Great Britain | Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Ireland | Material culture -- History -- To 1500 | Great Britain -- Antiquities | Ireland -- AntiquitiesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199556427DDC classification: 936.1 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This volume focuses on the analysis of materials, from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods of Britain and Ireland, in the study of prehistoric artefacts. Challenging the assumption that materials are inert and shaped by past societies, it argues that it is rather the materials which shaped the societies.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume focuses on the analysis of materials, from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods of Britain and Ireland, in the study of prehistoric artefacts. Challenging the assumption that materials are inert and shaped by past societies, it argues that it is rather the materials which shaped the societies.
Description based on print version record.