Material Meanings
, by Chilton, Elizabeth S.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780874806083 | 0874806089
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/14/1999
Material Meanings examines current approaches to material culture in the archaeological record from three perspectives: ethnoarchaeology and technological traditions, materials science, and theoretical approaches to materiality. Its focus is not on artifacts themselves but on the social contexts in which they are produced and given meaning, the choices made by an artifact producer within a larger technical system, and the interpretation of artifacts by modern researchers. Book jacket.