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Metaphor and Material Culture

ISBN: 978-0-631-19202-2

January 1991

Wiley-Blackwell

316 pages

Description
This book provides an innovative contribution to debates about the use of metaphor in the social sciences written by one of today's foremost archaeological theorists.
About the Author
Christopher Tilley is Professor of Material Culture in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is the author of many books relating social theory to the study of material forms. Recent publications include Interpretative Archaeology (editor, 1993), A Phenomenology of Landscape (1994) and An Ethnography of the Neolithic (1996).
Features
  • An innovative contribution to recent debates about the use of 'metaphor' in the social sciences, from an archaeological perspective
  • Written by one of the foremost scholars working on archaeological theory, with an international reputation
  • Combines theoretical interpretation with practical examples 'from the field'.