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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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Turnhout, Belgium :
Brepols,
[2021]
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| 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