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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963248503321

Autore

Munson Marit K

Titolo

The archaeology of art in the American Southwest / / Marit K. Munson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD : , : AltaMira Press, , c2011

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2025

ISBN

979-88-8180-922-5

1-4985-7632-X

1-282-99181-7

9786612991813

0-7591-2025-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Issues in Southwest archaeology

Disciplina

709.79

979.01

Soggetti

Archaeology and art - Southwest, New

Indian art - Southwest, New

Indians of North America - Material culture - Southwest, New

Material culture - Southwest, New

Antiquities

Archaeology and art

Indian art

Indians of North America - Material culture

Material culture

Southwest, New Antiquities

New Southwest

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Ch01. Introduction; Ch02. The Problem of Art in Archaeology; Ch03. Artists; Ch04. Audiences; Ch05. Images; Ch06. Aesthetics; Ch07. The Future of Art in Archaeology; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book proposes an archaeology of art. Munson argues that studies of ancient artwork should be based on standard archaeological



approaches to material culture, framed by theoretical insights of disciplines such as art history, visual studies, and psychology. She offers examples from the American Southwest to demonstrate how archaeological methods, combined with theoretical insights from other disciplines, open up new avenues for understanding the artistic expression and lives of past peoples.