Rethinking Materiality: Engagement of Mind with Material World

by Elizabeth Demarrais

What is the relationship between mind and ideas on the one hand, and the material things of the world on the other? In recent years, researchers have rejected the old debate about the primacy of the mind or material, and have sought to establish more nuanced understandings of the ways humans interact with their material worlds. In this volume alternative approaches are presented, deriving from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives. Contributors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902937309
• ISBN13: 9781902937304
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Researc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 11.5"