Archaeological Review from Cambridge, Volume 23Department of Archaeology, 2008 - Archaeology |
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... Material Culture as Text Brent Davis Centre for Classics and Archaeology University of Melbourne b.davis2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au Introduction In the latter part of the last century , archaeologists and cultural anthro- pologists began to ...
... Material Culture as Text Brent Davis Centre for Classics and Archaeology University of Melbourne b.davis2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au Introduction In the latter part of the last century , archaeologists and cultural anthro- pologists began to ...
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... material culture differs from text , such that it would be difficult ( if not impossible ) to ' read ' material culture : • • Objects are physical , so their meanings are more susceptible to control . · Agents can change the meanings of ...
... material culture differs from text , such that it would be difficult ( if not impossible ) to ' read ' material culture : • • Objects are physical , so their meanings are more susceptible to control . · Agents can change the meanings of ...
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Text is Linear , Material Culture is Not Hodder ( Hodder and Hutson 2003 : 60 ) observes that artefacts in a deposit are not arranged in a linear , narrative sequence , like the words of a text . The message conveyed by material culture ...
Text is Linear , Material Culture is Not Hodder ( Hodder and Hutson 2003 : 60 ) observes that artefacts in a deposit are not arranged in a linear , narrative sequence , like the words of a text . The message conveyed by material culture ...
Contents
Archaeological Histories | 1 |
Our Legacies in Saving the Past | 25 |
Reflections on the Changing Role of Masada in Israeli National Consciousness | 41 |
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