Values and Revaluations : The Transformation and Genesis of 'Values in Things' from Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives / edited by Hans Peter Hahn, Anja Klöckner, and Dirk Wicke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hahn, Hans Peter, editor.

Klöckner, Anja, editor.

Wicke, Dirk, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--Economic aspects--History.

Material culture.

Material culture--Social aspects--History.

Value--Social aspects--History.

Value.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxbow Books, [2022]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78925-815-4

1-78925-814-6