More Than Shelter from the Storm
Hunter-Gatherer Houses and the Built Environment
Seiten
2022
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6937-1 (ISBN)
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6937-1 (ISBN)
The relationship of hunter-gatherer societies to the built environment is often overlooked in archaeological research. Taking on deeper questions of cultural significance and social inheritance, this volume offers a robust examination of houses as not only places of shelter but also of memory, history, and social cohesion within these communities.
The relationship of hunter-gatherer societies to the built environment is often overlooked or characterized as strictly utilitarian in archaeological research. Taking on deeper questions of cultural significance and social inheritance, this volume offers a more robust examination of houses as not only places of shelter but also of memory, history, and social cohesion within these communities.
Bringing together case studies from Europe, Asia, and North and South America, More Than Shelter from the Storm utilizes a diverse array of methodologies including radiocarbon dating, geoarchaeology, refitting studies, and material culture studies to reframe the conversation around hunter-gatherer houses. Discussing examples of built structures from the Pleistocene through Late Holocene periods, contributors investigate how these societies created a sense of home through symbolic decoration, ritual, and transformative interaction with the landscape.
Demonstrating that meaningful relationships with architecture are not limited to sedentary societies that construct permanent houses, the essays in this volume highlight the complexity of mobile cultures and demonstrate the role of place-making and the built environment in structuring their worldviews.
The relationship of hunter-gatherer societies to the built environment is often overlooked or characterized as strictly utilitarian in archaeological research. Taking on deeper questions of cultural significance and social inheritance, this volume offers a more robust examination of houses as not only places of shelter but also of memory, history, and social cohesion within these communities.
Bringing together case studies from Europe, Asia, and North and South America, More Than Shelter from the Storm utilizes a diverse array of methodologies including radiocarbon dating, geoarchaeology, refitting studies, and material culture studies to reframe the conversation around hunter-gatherer houses. Discussing examples of built structures from the Pleistocene through Late Holocene periods, contributors investigate how these societies created a sense of home through symbolic decoration, ritual, and transformative interaction with the landscape.
Demonstrating that meaningful relationships with architecture are not limited to sedentary societies that construct permanent houses, the essays in this volume highlight the complexity of mobile cultures and demonstrate the role of place-making and the built environment in structuring their worldviews.
Brian N. Andrews is associate professor and head of the Department of Psychology and Sociology at Rogers State University and coauthor of The Mountaineer Site: A Folsom Winter Camp in the Rockies. Danielle A. Macdonald is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tulsa.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.07.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 75 b&w illustrations, 14 tables |
| Verlagsort | Florida |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 333 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8130-6937-8 / 0813069378 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8130-6937-1 / 9780813069371 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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