Ancient Lives
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Sprache:Englisch
63,99 €
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77,10 €
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
13.10.2016
Abbildungen
mit 74 Farbabbildungen
Herausgeber
Fraser Hunter + weitereVerlag
Sidestone PressSeitenzahl
382
Maße (L/B/H)
25,7/18,2/2,4 cm
Gewicht
831 g
Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-90-8890-375-5
Ancient Lives provides new perspectives on object, people and place in early Scotland and beyond. The 19 papers cover topics ranging from the Neolithic to the Medieval period, and from modern museum practice to ancient craft skills. The material culture of ancient lives is centre stage - how it was created and used, how it was rediscovered and thought about, and how it is displayed. Dedicated to Professor David V Clarke, former Keeper of Archaeology in National Museums Scotland, on his 70th birthday, the book comprises three sections which reflect some of his many interests. "Presenting the past" offers perspectives on current museum practice, especially in relation to archaeological displays. "Ancient lives and multiple lives" looks at antiquarian approaches to the Scottish past and the work of a Scottish antiquary abroad, while "Pieces of the past" offers a series of authoritative case-studies on Scottish artefacts, as well as papers on the iconic site of Skara Brae and on the impact of the Roman world on Scotland. With subjects ranging from Gordon Childe to the Govan Stones and from gaming pieces to Grooved Ware, this scholarly and accessible volume provides a show-case of new information and new perspectives on material culture linked, but not limited to, Scotland. Contents Introduction: 'If I can put it like that...' - Alison Sheridan and Fraser Hunter Museums and their collections - Mark Jones Presenting someone else's past: the Caithness Broch Centre - Andrew Heald Reading Govan Old: interpretative challenges and aspirations - Stephen T Driscoll Robert Innes Shearer: a lost antiquary from Caithness - Stratford Halliday 'Thanks to you the best has been made of a bad job': Vere Gordon Childe and the Bronze Age cairn at Ri Cruin, Kilmartin, Argyll & Bute - Trevor Cowie Mary Boyle (1881-1974): the Abbé Breuil's faithful fellow-worker - Alan Saville Evidence and artefact: utility for protohistory and archaeology in Thomas the Rhymer legends - Hugh Cheape Expiscation! Disentangling the later biography of the St Andrews Sarcophagus - Sally M Foster Scottish Neolithic pottery in 2016: the big picture and some details of the narrative - Alison Sheridan Skara Brae life studies: overlaying the embedded images - Alexandra Shepherd The earlier prehistoric collections from the Culbin Sands, northern Scotland: the construction of a narrative - Richard Bradley, Aaron Watson and Ronnie Scott The provision of amulets and heirlooms in Early Bronze Age children's burials in Scotland - Dawn McLaren On the edge: Roman law on the frontier - David J Breeze The Colour Purple: lithomarge artefacts in northern Britain - Martin Goldberg 'Coal money' from Portpatrick (south-west Scotland): reconstructing an Early Medieval craft centre from antiquarian finds - Fraser Hunter Silver handpins from the West Country to Scotland: perplexing portable antiquities - Susan Youngs Gleaming eyes and the elaboration of Anglo-Saxon sculpture - Alice Blackwell Combs and comb production in the Western Isles during the Norse period - Niall Sharples and Ian Dennis Playing the dark side: a look at some chess and other playing pieces of jet and jet-like materials from Britain - Mark A Hall
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