The archaeological imagination
Archaeology is a way of acting and thinking-about what is left of the past, about the temporality of what remains, about material and temporal processes to which people and their goods are subject, about the processes of order and entropy, of making, consuming and discarding at the heart of human ex...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798238906719 |
| Sumario: | Archaeology is a way of acting and thinking-about what is left of the past, about the temporality of what remains, about material and temporal processes to which people and their goods are subject, about the processes of order and entropy, of making, consuming and discarding at the heart of human experience. These elements, and the practices that archaeologists follow to uncover them, is the essence of the archaeological imagination. In this extended essay, renowned archaeological theorist Michael Shanks offers his colleagues and students a window on this imaginative world of past and pre |
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| Notas: | First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315419152 9781315419176 9781611327847 |
