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Experimental Archaeology and Theory
Frederick W. F. Foul
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Description for Experimental Archaeology and Theory
Paperback.
Experimental Archaeology is a volume which aims to bridge the gap in archaeology between empirical testing and humanistic approaches to understanding the material record. The contributors explore a wide variety of different fields including how a phenomenological methodology can be used to increase our understanding of how a Bronze Age temple was ‘experienced’ by people in the past; how experimentation in the production of materials such as rawhide, glass and wine-making can be used to test theories or written sources and the possibilities of studying the three-dimensional morphology of Acheulian handaxes to search for possible idiosyncratic indicators during the Lower ... Read more
Experimental Archaeology is a volume which aims to bridge the gap in archaeology between empirical testing and humanistic approaches to understanding the material record. The contributors explore a wide variety of different fields including how a phenomenological methodology can be used to increase our understanding of how a Bronze Age temple was ‘experienced’ by people in the past; how experimentation in the production of materials such as rawhide, glass and wine-making can be used to test theories or written sources and the possibilities of studying the three-dimensional morphology of Acheulian handaxes to search for possible idiosyncratic indicators during the Lower ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842177662
SKU
V9781842177662
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About Frederick W. F. Foul
Frederick Foulds is based at Durham University. He specialises in the Palaeolithic of Britiain and Europe. He has conducted research projects examining potential interactions between anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals, the Neanderthal extinction, and the applications of social theory to Lower Palaeolithic material culture. His publications include Experimental Archaeology and Theory: Recent Approaches to Archaeological Hypotheses (ed, 2013).
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