Binding: Paperback
Description: Assembling Past Worlds draws on new materialism and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to explore the potential for a posthumanist archaeology. Through specific empirical study this book provides a detailed analysis of Neolithic Britain a critical moment in the emergence of new ways of living as well as new relationships between materials people and new forms of architecture. It achieves two things. First it identifies the major challenges that archaeology faces in the light of current theoretical shifts. New ideas place new demands on how we write and think about the past sometimes in ways that can seem contradictory. This volume identifies seven major challenges that have emerged and sets out why they matter why archaeology needs to engage with them and how they can be dealt with through an innovative theoretical approach. Second it explores how this approach meets these challenges through an in - depth study of Neolithic Britain. It provides an insightful diagnosis of the issues posed by current archaeological thought and is the first volume to apply the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to the extended analysis of a single period. Assembling Past Worlds shows how new approaches are transforming our understandings of past worlds and in so doing how we can meet the challenges facing archaeology today. It will be of interest to both students and researchers in archaeological theory and the Neolithic of Europe.
Title: Assembling Past Worlds Materials Bodies And Architecture In Neolithic Britain
Author(s): Harris Oliver J. T. (The University Of Leicester Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367414917
Pages: 288 Pages, 3 Tables, Black And White; 15 Line Drawings, Black And White; 36 Halftones, Black And Whi
Publication Date: 6/9/2021
Category: Archaeological Theory