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Title Worlds in miniature : contemplating miniaturisation in global material culture / edited by Jack Davy and Charlotte Dixon.

Publication Info. London : UCL Press, 2019.

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. What makes a miniature?; 2. Exmoor's minilithic enigma; 3. Miniaturisation in early Egypt; 4. Miniaturisation among the Makah; 5. Interview with boat model-makers, Cliff Swallow and Pat Howard; 6. Miniaturising boats: the case of the Indian masula surf boat; 7. Composing Warao indigeneity and miniatures; 8. A sense of scale; 9. Interview with Henry Milner, architectural model-maker; 10. Some thoughts on the measure of objects; Index
Summary Worlds in Miniature brings together researchers working across different regions, time periods and disciplines to explore the subject of miniaturisation as a material culture technique.
Language English.
Subject Material culture.
Miniature objects.
Miniature craft.
Culture matérielle.
Objets miniatures.
Objets miniatures -- Travaux d'amateurs.
material culture (discipline)
miniatures (object genre)
Archaeology.
Material culture.
Anthropology.
Material culture
Miniature craft
Miniature objects
Indexed Term anthropology
archaeology
miniatures
Added Author Davy, Jack, editor.
Dixon, Charlotte, editor.
Other Form: Print version: WORLDS IN MINIATURE. [Place of publication not identified] : UCL PRESS, 2019 1787356507 (OCoLC)1091361090
ISBN 9781787356481 (electronic bk.)
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9781787356528 (Kindle ebook)
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1787356507
9781787356504
9781787356498 (pbk.)
1787356493
9781787356498
9781787356535 (html)
1787356531
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UKMGB 019464213
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