BOOKS - Coming to Senses: Topics in Sensory Archaeology
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Coming to Senses: Topics in Sensory Archaeology
Author: Jose Roberto Pellini
Year: April 15, 2015
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.5 MB
Language: English
Year: April 15, 2015
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.5 MB
Language: English
Every culture conceives of the senses in different ways, establishing their own models and sensory hierarchies. Despite the importance of the senses in human experience, archaeology has generally neglected the sensory dimension of the material world. In response to this lacuna, the contributions to this volume incorporate all the senses in imaginative scenarios, in order to stimulate new ways of seeing and conceptualising archaeology and bring back the self to this science. The international character of the essays brought together here, including researchers and case studies from across the globe, provides a variety of perspectives on this topic from a number of scales of analysis. The book will appeal to a wide range of readers, including academic researchers and the general public concerned with archaeology, history, anthropology, and sociology, and will provide readers with a greater understanding of the dynamics of the senses, the relationship between narratives and societies, and the cultural world.