Wrapping and unwrapping material culture : archaeological and anthropological perspectives / edited by Susanna Harris, Laurence Douny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Douny, Laurence, 1977-

Harris, Susanna.

Series:

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London ; 64.

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wrapping cloths--Case studies.

Wrapping cloths.

Material culture--Case studies.

Material culture.

Textile fabrics--Case studies.

Textile fabrics.

Textile fabrics, Ancient--Case studies.

Textile fabrics, Ancient.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Case studies.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 Egyptian mummies, Celtic tombs, Native American ceremonial bundles, baby swaddling, and contemporary African textiles, 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. These context specific, cultural, and technical acts offer a new lens on material culture and its relationship to cultural meaning"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; 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

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

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

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

Notes:

First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-41563-1

1-315-41564-X

1-315-41565-8

1-61132-889-6

9781315415659

OCLC:

884017027