The Reality of Artifacts - Michael Chazan

The Reality of Artifacts

An Archaeological Perspective

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
146 Seiten
2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-63577-7 (ISBN)
47,35 inkl. MwSt
Artifacts are hybrids, both natural and cultural. They are also an essential component in the process of human evolution. In recent years, a wide range of disciplines, including cognitive science, sociology, art history, and anthropology, have all grappled with the nature of artifacts, leading to the emergence of a renewed interdisciplinary focus on material culture.




The Reality of Artifacts: An Archaeological Perspective

develops an argument for the artifact as a status conferred by human engagement with material. On this basis, artifacts are considered first in terms of their relationship to concepts and cognitive functions, and then to the physical body and sense of self. The book builds on and incorporates the latest developments in archaeological research, particularly from the archaeology of human evolution, and integrates this wealth of new archaeological data with new research in fields such as cognitive science, haptics, and material culture studies. Making the latest research available for the general reader interested in material culture, while also providing archaeologists with new theoretical perspectives built on a synthesis of interdisciplinary research, this book is suitable for courses taught at both graduate and undergraduate students, and is broadly accessible.

Michael Chazan is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He co-directs the Wonderwerk Cave Research Project with fieldwork at Wonderwerk Cave and the sites of the Kathu Complex, both located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: defining artifacts

Chapter 1: It is all in the mind

Chapter 2: Artifacts and the Body

Chapter 3: making space for the invisible

Chapter 4: Wrapping the surface, rethinking art

Chapter 5: The autonomy of objects

Epilogue: Towards an ecology with objects

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 5 Line drawings, black and white; 28 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 312 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-138-63577-4 / 1138635774
ISBN-13 978-1-138-63577-7 / 9781138635777
Zustand Neuware
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