Coming to senses : topics in sensory archaeology /

"Every culture conceives of the senses in different ways, establishing their own models and sensory hierarchies. Despite the importance of the senses in human experience, archaeology has generally neglected the sensory dimension of the material world. In response to this lacuna, the contributio...

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Other Authors: Pellini, José Roberto (Editor), Salerno, Melisa A. (Editor), Zarankin, Andrés (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2015]
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Summary:"Every culture conceives of the senses in different ways, establishing their own models and sensory hierarchies. Despite the importance of the senses in human experience, archaeology has generally neglected the sensory dimension of the material world. In response to this lacuna, the contributions to this volume incorporate all the senses in imaginative scenarios, in order to stimulate new ways of seeing and conceptualising archaeology and bring back the "self' to this science. The international character of the essays brought together here, including researchers and case studies from across the globe, provides a variety of perspectives on this topic from a number of scales of analysis."
Physical Description:viii, 189 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443874236
144387423X