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245 00 $aLearning from things :$bmethod and theory of material culture studies /$cedited by W. David Kingery.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bSmithsonian Institution Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $ax, 262 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction /$rW. David Kingery --$g2.$tMaterial/Culture: Can the Farmer and the Cowman Still Be Friends? /$rJules D. Prown --$g3.$tLearning from Technological Things /$rSteven Lubar --$g4.$tObject Lessons/Object Myths? What Historians of Technology Learn from Things /$rJoseph J. Corn --$g5.$tObject/ions: Technology, Culture, and Gender /$rRuth Oldenziel --$g6.$tFormation Processes of the Historical and Archaeological Records /$rMichael Brian Schiffer --$g7.$tPathways to the Present: In Search of Shirt-Pocket Radios with Subminiature Tubes /$rMichael Brian Schiffer --$g8.$tThe Destruction of the Archaeological Heritage and the Formation of Museum Collections: The Case of Denmark /$rKristian Kristiansen --$g9.$tPassionate Possession: The Formation of Private Collections /$rMarjorie Akin --$g10.$tFormation Processes of Ethnographic Collections: Examples from the Great Basin of Western North America /$rCatherine S. Fowler and Don D. Fowler --
505 80 $g11.$tThe Formation of Anthropological Archival Records /$rNancy J. Parezo --$g12.$tA Role for Materials Science /$rW. David Kingery --$g13.$tMaterials Science and Material Culture /$rW. David Kingery --$g14.$tOptical and Electron Microscopy in Material Culture Studies /$rDavid Killick --$g15.$tDating, Provenance, and Usage in Material Culture Studies /$rMichael S. Tite.
520 $aLearning from Things presents the methods and theories underlying the many ways in which material objects - things of all kinds from all periods of history - can reconstruct and interpret lifeways of the past. This collection of essays links material culture studies with art history and the history of technology, as well as with archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, folklore studies, and other fields that use material evidence.
520 8 $aThe thirteen contributors - among them Jules D. Prown, Don D. Fowler, Steven Lubar, Joseph J. Corn, and Michael B. Schiffer - examine both the processes of forming historical and archaeological records and collections and how those processes influence, and even distort, conclusions made by scholars. The book also deals with the role of optical and electron microscopy, radiocarbon dating, and other tools of material science in material culture studies.
520 8 $aCiting various processes - from microwear analysis of Paleolithic stone tool surfaces to the impact of mechanized metal cutting on nineteenth-century gun production - the contributors argue the importance of multidisciplinary participation for accurately analyzing objects. Bringing together the approaches of both "hard" systematic scholars and "soft" humanists concerned with aesthetics and cultural belief systems, the book provides a foundation for the further evolution of material culture studies.
650 0 $aMaterial culture.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082061
650 0 $aTechnology and civilization.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85133180
650 0 $aArchaeology and history.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006513
700 1 $aKingery, W. D.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83828156
852 00 $bglx$hGN406$i.L43 1996