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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white). |
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Print version record. |
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List of contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction to Part I: Values and value: Some approaches to the concept of 'values in things'Hans Peter Hahn -- 2. Learning new styles, quickly: an examination of the Mittani-middle Assyrian transition in material cultureFederico Buccellati -- 3. Changing exchange values in Solomon IslandsBen Burt -- 4. Objects with (a) history: Observations on reworking and re-using ancient bronzesNorbert Franken -- 5. The value of things: Textiles in the Iron AgeSusanna Harris -- 6. Negotiating the value of ethnographic cultural heritage: Between scholarship, entertainment, sentimentality and nationalismIvan Maksimovic -- 7. The gift as an open questionGuido Sprenger -- 8. Introduction to Part II: Re-evaluationsAnja Kloeckner and Dirk Wicke -- 9. Recycling Egypt? The phenomenon of secondary re-use of Egyptian imports in the Northern Levant during the second millennium BCEAlexander Ahrens -- 10. Beyond the Bones. Relics in Greek TemplesAndreas Hartmann -- 11. The 'Altar of the Emperors' from CarnuntumGabrielle Kremer -- 12. How do materials matter?Lucy Norris -- 13. From antiquities to art: Why has classical archaeology ignored Marcel Duchamp?James Whitley -- 14. When secondary is primary: On Halbzeug and other objects of continual re-evaluation Thomas Widlok. |
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Considers new theoretical and methodological approaches on the subject of how objects are valued and the relationship between material value and social and cultural factors. |
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Material culture -- Economic aspects -- History.
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Material culture -- Social aspects -- History.
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Value -- Social aspects -- History.
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Culture matérielle -- Aspect économique -- Histoire.
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Culture matérielle -- Aspect social -- Histoire.
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Valeur -- Aspect social -- Histoire.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
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Material culture -- Social aspects
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Value -- Social aspects
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Archaeological Method and Theory |
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History
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Hahn, Hans Peter, editor.
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Klöckner, Anja, editor.
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Wicke, Dirk, editor.
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Print version: Values and revaluations. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2022 9781789258134 (OCoLC)1295105066 |
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9781789258141 (electronic bk.) |
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1789258146 (electronic bk.) |
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9781789258158 (electronic bk.) |
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1789258154 (electronic bk.) |
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9781789258134 |
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1789258138 |
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