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Thinking through material culture : an interdisciplinary perspective / Carl Knappett.

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ISBN	0812237889 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author	Knappett, Carl
Title	Thinking through material culture : an interdisciplinary perspective / Carl Knappett.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
Description	ix, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series	Archaeology, culture, and society
Note	Includes index.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-197)
Contents	1. Introduction : thinking through material culture -- 2. Animacy, agency, and personhood -- 3. Cognition, perception, and action -- 4. The dynamics of networks -- 5. Networks of meaning ; a sociosemiotics of material culture -- 6. Thinking through : meaning in modern material culture -- 7. Archaeological case study : drinking vessels in Minoan Crete -- 8. Conclusions.
Summary	"Thinking Through Material Culture argues that, although material culture forms the bedrock of archaeology, the discipline has barely begun to address how fundamental artifacts are to human cognition and perception. This idea of codependency among mind, action, and matter opens the way for a novel and dynamic approach to all of material culture, both past and present."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects	Material culture
Call number	930.1 KNA

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