Social Sciences, Archaeology

Metaphor And Material Culture

Name: Metaphor And Material Culture
Author: Tilley
ISBN: 9780631192039

by Tilley

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Synopsis

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, Tilley

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).