Learning from things : method and theory of material culture studies / edited by W. David Kingery.

Other author Kingery, W. D.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1996.
Descriptionx, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Material culture.
Technology and civilization.
Archaeology and history.

Contents Introduction / David Kingery -- Material/culture: can the farmer and the cowman still be friends? / Jules D. Prown -- Learning from technological things / Steven Lubar -- Object lessons/object myths? what historians learn from things / Joseph J. Corn -- Object/ions: technology, culture, and gender / Ruth Oldenziel -- Formation processes of the historical and archaeological records / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Pathways to the present: in search of shirt-pocket radios with subminiature tubes / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Destruction of the archaeological heritage and the formation of museum collections: the case of Denmark / Kristian Kristiansen -- Passionate possession: the formation of private collections / Marjorie Akin.
Contents Formation processes of ethnographic collections: examples from the Great Basin of western North America / Catherine S. Fowler and Don D. Fowler -- Formation of anthropological archival records / Nancy J. Parezo -- Role for materials science / W. David Kingery -- Materials science and material culture / W. David Kingery -- Optical and electron microscopy in material culture studies / David Killick -- Dating, provenance, and usage in material culture studies / Michael S. Tite.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 95011673
ISBN1560986077 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GN406 .L43 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold