LEADER 03067nam 2200625 a 450 001 996213068103316 005 20170815121449.0 010 $a1-281-21503-1 010 $a9786611215033 010 $a0-470-76374-4 010 $a0-470-77405-3 010 $a1-4051-5022-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000341832 035 $a(EBL)239906 035 $a(OCoLC)437153229 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105140 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105140 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10085817 035 $a(PQKB)10872907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC239906 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7076254 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7076254 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000341832 100 $a20050325d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aArchaeologies of materiality$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Lynn Meskell 210 $aMalden, MA ;$aOxford $cBlackwell Pub.$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-3616-2 311 $a1-4051-3617-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Object Orientations; 2 Mastering Matters: Magical Sense and Apotropaic Figurine Worlds of Neo-Assyria; 3 The Social Life of Rock Art: Materiality, Consumption, and Power in South African Heritage; 4 With a Hint of Paris in the Mouth: Fetishized Toothbrushes or the Sensuous Experience of Modernity in Late 19th Century Bogota?; 5 Faith in Objects: American Indian Object Lessons at the World in Boston; 6 The Texture of Things: Objects, People, and Landscape in Northwest Argentina (First Millennium A.D.) 327 $a7 Building an Architecture of Power: Electricity in Annapolis, Maryland in the 19th and 20th Centuries8 The Voices of Stones: Unthinkable Materiality in the Volcanic Context of Western Panama?; 9 Afterword; Index 330 $aDrawing on social theory and offering numerous case studies, Archaeologies of Materiality is one of the first books to explore materiality across time and space.Demonstrates the saliency of materiality by linking it to concepts of landscape, technology, embodiment, ritual, and heritage. Offers archaeological case studies ranging from prehistoric to contemporary contexts, from Neo-Assyria, South Africa, Argentina, Panama, and the United States. Explores the idea of a material universe that is socially conceived and constructed, but that also shapes human e 606 $aSocial archaeology 606 $aMaterial culture 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial archaeology. 615 0$aMaterial culture. 676 $a930.1 686 $a15.39$2bcl 701 $aMeskell$b Lynn$0768889 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996213068103316 996 $aArchaeologies of materiality$91920513 997 $aUNISA