The Construction of Value in the Ancient World - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1950446522 ISBN 13 : 9781950446520

Editeur : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, 2024

Synopsis

Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize Scholars from Aristotle to Marx and beyond have been fascinated by the question of what constitutes value. The Construction of Value in the Ancient World makes a significant contribution to this ongoing inquiry, bringing together in one comprehensive volume the perspectives of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, linguists, philologists, and sociologists on how value was created, defined, and expressed in a number of ancient societies around the world. Based on the basic premise that value is a social construct defined by the cultural context in which it is situated, the volume explores four overarching but closely interrelated themes: place value, body value, object value, and number value. The questions raised and addressed are of central importance to archaeologists studying ancient civilizations: How can we understand the value that might have been accorded to materials, objects, people, places, and patterns of action by those who produced or used the things that compose the human material record? Taken as a whole, the contributions to this volume demonstrate how the concept of value lies at the intersection of individual and collective tastes, desires, sentiments, and attitudes that inform the ways people select, or give priority to, one thing over another.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John K. Papadopoulos is professor of classics and archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gary Urton is the Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies in the archaeology program of the department of anthropology at Harvard University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1950446522
• ISBN 13: 9781950446520
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 664
• Éditeur: Papadopoulos John K., Urton Gary
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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