ISBN:
1611328896
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9781611328899
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (246 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg
Edition:
Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London ; 64
Series Statement:
UNIV COL LONDON INST ARCH PUB
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Harris, Susanna Wrapping and Unwrapping Material Culture : Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Wrapping cloths Case studies
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Material culture Case studies
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Textile fabrics Case studies
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Textile fabrics, Ancient Case studies
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Case studies
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Case studies
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Textile fabrics, Ancient Case studies
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Textile fabrics Case studies
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Material culture Case studies
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Wrapping cloths Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
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Material culture
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Textile fabrics
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Textile fabrics, Ancient
;
Wrapping cloths
;
Case studies
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Chapter 12. Wrapped in Images: Body Metaphors, Petroglyphs, and Landscapes in the Island World of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) -- Karina Croucher and Colin RichardsIndex; About the Authors.
Abstract:
Chapter 9. Wrapping the Wrapped: The Development of Minimal Conservation of Ancient Human Wrapped Mummies from the Region of the Nile -- Barbara WillsPart IV: The Materiality of Wrapping: Materials, Places, and Objects; Chapter 10. Wild Silk Textiles of the Dogon People of Mali: Wrapping and Unwrapping Material Identities -- Laurence Douny; Chapter 11. Unveiling Clay and Metal: The Context and Use of Mespotamian Textile Wrappings -- Agnes Garcia-Ventura and Mireia Lopez-Bertran.
Abstract:
Chapter 5. Wrapping and Unwrapping the Body: Lace, Magic, and Modernity -- Nicolette MakovickyPart III: Wrapping and Unwrapping the Dead; Chapter 6. Wrapping the Dead: The Bronze Age Mound Burials of Southern Scandinavia through a Wrapping Analysis -- Susanna Harris; Chapter 7. Wrapped Up for Safe Keeping: 'Wrapping' Customs in Early Iron Age Europe -- Margarita Gleba; Chapter 8. Wrapping as an Element of Early Celtic Burial Customs: The Princely Grave from Hochdorf and Its Cultural Context -- Johanna Banck-Burgess.
Abstract:
List of Illustrations; Preface; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1. Wrapping and Unwrapping, Concepts and Approaches -- Laurence Douny and Susanna Harris; Part II: Wrapping and Unwrapping the Living; Chapter 2. Aspects of Baby Wrappings: Swaddling, Carrying, and Wearing -- Nancy Ukai Russell; Chapter 3. Wrapping and Tying Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Dresses -- Janet M. Johnstone; Chapter 4. Reconceptualising Shapes and Bodies: Conservation of an English Eighteenth-Century Court Mantua for the Victoria and Albert Museum Galleries -- Titika Malkogeorgou.
Abstract:
This innovative volume challenges contemporary views on material culture by exploring the relationship between wrapping materials and practices and the objects, bodies, and places that define them. Using examples as diverse as baby swaddling, Egyptian mummies, Celtic tombs, lace underwear, textile clothing, and contemporary African silk, the dozen archaeologist and anthropologist contributors show how acts of wrapping and unwrapping are embedded in beliefs and thoughts of a particular time and place. Employing methods of artifact analysis, microscopy, and participant observation, the cont
Note:
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. - Description based on print version record
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