The value of making : theory and practice in ancient craft production /

"This volume presents new scholarship on the value and valuing of craft production in ancient societies around the Mediterranean. Ancient economic history, especially when approached archaeologically, has typically - and with good reason - focused upon the objects that were produced by craftspe...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Congress of Classical Archaeology
Other Authors: Hochscheid, Helle (Editor), Russell, Ben, 1984- (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]
Series:Studies in classical archaeology (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 13.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: New Approaches to Old Crafts
  • Helle Hochscheid and Ben Russell part
  • 1 i. Communities of Making
  • 2. craft, Ownership, and Identity: Making, Thinking, and Being (Together)
  • Ann Brysbaert and Helle Hochscheid
  • 3. Preparing For War: Craftspeople, Management, and Innovations
  • Natacha Massar
  • 4. Ancient Maker Spaces: the Value of Craft Communities in Multi-material Workshops in Late Antiquity
  • Beth Munro patyii. Craft Organization and Identity
  • 5. Roman Stone Carvers and their Chaîne Opératoire
  • Ben Russell
  • 6. Reconstructing Socio-economic Work Practices Between Industries: Cross-industry Relations in Roman Italy
  • Elizabeth A. Murphy
  • 7. Reeds to Riches: the Crafts of Making Ancient Auloi
  • Danise Van Hal and Helle Hochscheid
  • 8. Spinning: the Invisible Profession
  • Mary Harlow
  • Part II. Form, Function and Authenticity
  • 9. Value and exoticism: Cylinder Seals in the Late Bronze Age Aegean (C. 1600-1100 Bc)
  • Gert Jan Van Wijngaarden
  • 10. Assessing Value Attribution: the Evidence of Votive Offerings
  • Heide Frielinghaus
  • 11. Precious Pots: Making and Repairing Dolia
  • Caroline Cheung
  • 12. Greek and Roman Glyptic: Alibi Ars, Alibi Materia
  • Kenneth Lapatin
  • IV. Old Crafts for the Future
  • 13. On the Value of Making and Learning
  • Will Wootton