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An archaeology of skill : metalworking skill and material specialization in early Bronze Age Central Europe / Maikel H.G. Kuijpers.
Penn Museum Library GN799.A9 K85 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuijpers, M. H. G. (Maikel H. G.), author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in archaeology ; 29.
- Routledge studies in archaeology ; [29]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Axes, Prehistoric.
- Bronze age.
- Workmanship.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 318 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Contents:
- A matter of skill
- Hard and soft approaches to ancient metallurgy: two sides of the same coin
- Craft theory
- Perceptive categories and the standard of the time
- Metal axes and metallographic samples
- Approaching the data from a craftsperson's perspective
- Late Copper Age axes
- Early Bronze Age Period I axes
- Early Bronze Age Period II axes
- Material specialisation and skill
- The right beginning; intentionality and axe-recipes
- Final reflections: what is skill and what does it bring about?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kuijpers, M.H.G. (Maikel H.G.). Archaeology of skill.
- ISBN:
- 9781138718098
- 1138718092
- OCLC:
- 980858577
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