LEADER 02804nam 2200457 450 001 9910467694603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78969-076-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000008952943 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5845644 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5845644 035 $a(OCoLC)1111942103 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008952943 100 $a20181207h20182018 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPlaying with things $ethe archaeology, anthropology and ethnography of human-object interactions in Atlantic Scotland /$fGraeme Wilson 210 1$aOxford :$cArchaeopress Publishing Limited,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (160 pages) $ccolor illustrations 311 $a1-78969-075-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 8 $aThis book addresses the nature of play and its relationships with the world, as well as the relationships between people and objects. It begins with an account of ethnographic fieldwork among chess and card players in Edinburgh and Orkney and moves on to consider the findings in the light of archaeological sources. The work carried out amongst chess and card players led towards a more cognitive appreciation of these activities: how can the relationships between player and pieces be understood? It is suggested here that they are an example of 'active externalism', where cognition is not contained within the person but distributed in the immediate environment. The consideration of the role of gaming pieces leads towards an examination of the ways in which the manipulation of objects during play brings new and unexpected discoveries to the participants. The discussion addresses this theme in terms of bricolage and considers the placement of things singly and in sets. The archaeological review focusses for the most part on the first millennium AD in Atlantic Scotland. The nature of the evidence, and of our expectations of where play should be found, is examined critically. This study represents a reappraisal of the relationship between play - an activity which is most often understood in terms of something 'set apart' - and everyday life; it leads towards the conclusion that play is not in fact so separate as is often assumed. 606 $aPrehistoric peoples$zScotland 606 $aPlay$xHistory 607 $aScotland$xAntiquities 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrehistoric peoples 615 0$aPlay$xHistory. 676 $a936.11 700 $aWilson$b Graeme$0878207 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910467694603321 996 $aPlaying with things$91960533 997 $aUNINA