In Praise of Small Things: Death and Life at the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Burial of Bolores, Portugal - Couverture souple

Alan Artz, Joe; Lillios, Katina; Mack, Jennifer; Nilsson-Stutz, Liv; Waterman, Anna J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 140731369X ISBN 13 : 9781407313696

Editeur : BAR Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Edited by Katina T. Lillios, Anna J. Waterman, Jennifer Mack, Joe Alan Artz and Liv Nilsson-Stutz

This volume presents the results of archaeological research conducted at the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age burial site of Bolores between 2007 and 2012, which built on work carried out in 1986. Bolores is a small site (5 x 3 m), yet the analysis of its structure and associated materials have yielded a rich and nuanced picture of a small population of people who lived, and died, in the third and second millennia BC in the Portuguese Estremadura. Although our research focused on the small-scale, it also attempted to bridge this perspective with the larger social and cultural dynamics at play during the time. It advocates, in its own way, for greater attention to the micro-scale: small sites, small objects, bone fragments, and details in ritual practice. In a time when Big Data, Big History, and global phenomena loom large in public and scholarly imagination, we think it is also important to understand the variegated texture of local, small-scale social practices, which, after all, are linked to broader sociocultural phenomena and hold the key to understanding resistance and social change.

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Katina T. Lillios, Anna J. Waterman, Jennifer Mack, Joe Alan Artz and Liv Nilsson-Stutz

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BAR Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 140731369X
• ISBN 13: 9781407313696
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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