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The archaeology of contextual meanings / edited by Ian Hodder.

Contributor(s): Hodder, Ian
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1987.Description: vii, 144 p. : ill., maps, photos, plans ; 28cm.ISBN: 0521329248Subject(s): Archaeology
Contents:
The contextual analysis of symbolic meanings / Ian Hodder; CONTEMPORARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES: Bow ties and pet foods: material culture and the negotiation of change in British industry / Ian Hodder; Iconopgraphy, sacred and secular: visions of the family / Sheena Crawford; An 'archae-logy' of Turkana beads / Sarah Williams; HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES: 'All styles are good, save the tiresome kind'. An examination of the pattern of stylistic changes occuring among silver candlesticks of the eighteenth century (1680-1780) / Tony Sinclair; Purity and power at the Victorian dinner party / Robert Jameson; Material metaphor, social interaction and historical reconstructions: exploring patterns of association and symbolism in the Igbo-Ukwu corpus / Keith Ray; PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES: Identifying gender representation in the archaeological record: a contextual study / Liv Gibbs; Material order and cultural classification: the role of bronze objects in the transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Scandinavia / Marie Louise Stig Sørensen; The inter-relationships of materials and meanings: some suggestions on housing concerns within Iron Age Noord-Holland / Linda Therkorn; value and motivation in pre-history: the evidence for 'Celtic spirit' / Nick Merriman; Flying sags: icons and power in Thracian art / Timothy Taylor.
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Includes bibliographical references.

The contextual analysis of symbolic meanings / Ian Hodder; CONTEMPORARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES: Bow ties and pet foods: material culture and the negotiation of change in British industry / Ian Hodder; Iconopgraphy, sacred and secular: visions of the family / Sheena Crawford; An 'archae-logy' of Turkana beads / Sarah Williams; HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES: 'All styles are good, save the tiresome kind'. An examination of the pattern of stylistic changes occuring among silver candlesticks of the eighteenth century (1680-1780) / Tony Sinclair; Purity and power at the Victorian dinner party / Robert Jameson; Material metaphor, social interaction and historical reconstructions: exploring patterns of association and symbolism in the Igbo-Ukwu corpus / Keith Ray; PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES: Identifying gender representation in the archaeological record: a contextual study / Liv Gibbs; Material order and cultural classification: the role of bronze objects in the transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Scandinavia / Marie Louise Stig Sørensen; The inter-relationships of materials and meanings: some suggestions on housing concerns within Iron Age Noord-Holland / Linda Therkorn; value and motivation in pre-history: the evidence for 'Celtic spirit' / Nick Merriman; Flying sags: icons and power in Thracian art / Timothy Taylor.

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