Search results for 'Wayland’s Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture'
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Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth and Material Culture from the 4th to 7th Century [Hardback]
Stephen Pollington (Author); Lindsay Kerr (Author); Brett Hammond (Author)
$170.00ISBN: 9781898281566
Published by : Anglo-Saxon Books
In all the metalwork and archaeological oddments we have from the Anglo-Saxon period, is there anything one could call 'art'? The contributors to this book believe that not only was there considerable artistry in the output of early Anglo-Saxo... .... Learn More -
Mobility, Meaning and Transformations of Things: shifting contexts of material culture through time and space [Paperback]
Hans Peter Hahn (Editor); Hadas Weis (Editor)
$70.00ISBN: 9781842175255
Published by : Oxbow Books
Things travel around the globe: they are shipped as mass consumer goods, or transported as souvenirs or gifts. There are infinite ways for things to be mobile, not only in the era of globalisation but since the beginning of time, ... .... Learn More -
The Material Culture of the Tradesmen of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1545-1642 [Paperback]
Gwendolynn Heley (Author)
$102.50Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407306018
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book examines the material culture of middling tradesmen living in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1545 and 1642. The analysis is based on wills and inventories selected from the Durham Probate Records pertaining to Newcastle residents. The bo... .... Learn More -
Material Culture and Well-Being in Byzantium [Paperback]
M. Grunbart (Author)
$117.00ISBN: 9783700136026
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Studies on everyday life commonly focus on housing conditions, eating and drinking, clothing, hygiene and medical care, professions, land and sea communications, and generally, on production and consumption. Material objects are dominant in th... .... Learn More -
Culture, Control and Commitment: A Study of Work Organization and Work Attitudes in the United States and Japan [Paperback]
James R. Lincoln (Author); Arne L. Kalleberg (Author)
$39.50ISBN: 9780971958722
Published by : Percheron Press/Eliot Werner Publications
Series: Foundations of Sociology
This book documents the conventional wisdom that Japanese workers displayed significantly more commitment to their organizations than did American workers. But as the authors point out in their new prologue, the world is very different from w... .... Learn More -
Cambridge Studies in Conservation and Material Culture 1/2010 [Paperback]
R Featherstone (Editor)
$88.00Out of stock
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A Forged Glamour: Landscape, Identity and Material Culture in the Iron Age [Paperback]
Melanie Giles (Author)
$60.00ISBN: 9781905119462
Published by : Windgather Press
A Forged Glamour, which takes its title from a poem, is an exploration of the lives and deaths of ironworking communities renowned for their spectacular material culture, who lived in modern-day East and North Yorkshire, between t... .... Learn More -
Holy Ground: Theoretical Issues Relating to the Landscape and Material Culture of Ritual Space Objects [Paperback]
A T Smith (Author); A Brookes (Author)
$67.50Out of stock
ISBN: 9781841712475
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR
Volume: 956
Ten papers, delivered at the annual Theoretical Archaeology Group conference held in Cardiff in 1999, examine the ritual landscapes of the Neolithic through to the late Middle Ages, with an emphasis on the prehistoric period. Subjects include: ... .... Learn More -
Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland: Part 2 - The Northern and Southern Mainland and Material Culture [Paperback]
Euan W. MacKie (Author)
$375.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407301327
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The second and final volume of this descriptive corpus of the Iron Age brochs and allied sites of Scotland covers the whole of the mainland and all of the western islands - the Inner and Outer Hebrides - and is about twice the size of volume 1.... .... Learn More -
Table Settings: The Material Culture and Social Context of Dining, AD 1700-1900 [Hardback]
James Symonds (Author)
Regular Price: $90.00
Special Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781842172988
Published by : Oxbow Books
Fernand Braudel famously observed that the 'mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization'. The way that food is prepared, served, and eaten reveals a great deal about the structure and workings of any society. It is therefore not surpr... .... Learn More