The nature of time is one of the continuing mysteries of human life. This is of particular relevance to archaeology, with its unique focus on the social development of the human species from its origins to the present.This book probes the way in which the rhythms of social life derive from our involvement in the world, particularly as those rhythms unfold over many thousands of years. The author argues that time is created through the social use of material things such as landscapes, settlements and monuments, and illustrates this with case studies drawn from Europe and the Pacific.The aim of the book is to provide a theory of social change and social being as the basis for understanding social formations over long periods of time. In developing this theory the author surveys ideas on human action and time as these have evolved over the last two centuries. Although the theory is designed and presented to be of practical use in interpreting archaeological data - exemplified here in case studies - the broad scope of the book will make it of interest to all those concerned with the interactions between people and the material world.

Social Being and Time (Social Archaeology)

History

Gosden, Christopher

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Blackwell Pub.

The nature of time is one of the continuing mysteries of human life. This is of particular relevance to archaeology with its unique focus on the social development of the human species from its origins to the present. Christopher Gosden probes the way in which the rhythms of social life derive from our involvement in the world, particularly as those rhythms unfold over many thousands of years. The author argues that time is created through the social use of material things such as landscapes, settlements and monuments, and illustrates this with case studies drawn from Europe and the Pacific. The book provides a theory of social change and social being as the basis for understanding social formations over long periods of time. In developing this theory the author surveys ideas on human action and time as these have evolved over the last two centuries. Although the theory is designed and presented here to be of practical use in interpreting archaeological data - exemplified here in case studies - the broad scope of the book will ensure its interest to all concerned with the interactions between people and the material world.

Social Being and Time

Wiley/Blackwell

This volume describes the two seasons of excavation at Segsbury Camp which form a part of Oxford University's Hillforts of the Ridgeway Project . It contains background material and a series of interpretations of the site at different scales finishing with a discussion of the Lambourn Downs landscape in later prehistoric and Romano-British times. The evidence suggests that the large hillfort of Segsbury was used during the period 6th to 2nd century BC but was not densely and permanently occupied. It also seems that Segsbury was constructed in a new and previously unused area of the Downs. Alternative interpretations are explored within a framework of trying to understand what is meant by 'community' and how Segsbury interacted with other hillforts in the area. The detail provided by the excavation of several hillforts on the Lambourn Downs suggests that they were different forms of monument and argues against trying to understand hillforts as a single category.

Segsbury Camp*: Excavations in 1996 and 1997 at an Iron Age Hillfort on the Oxfordshire Ridgeway (Oxford University School of Archaeology Monographs)

Daly, Patrick

Lock, Gary

Europe

Oxford University School of Archaeology

This volume presents a full, illustrated account of the archaeological, artifactual and documentary research on the White Horse and its associated sites, carried out between 1989 and 1995. These investigations demonstrate for the first time that the White Horse was originally prehistoric in date. The fact that it has been reworked repetitively since its construction indicates a remarkable continuity in its use and significance over the past several thousand years.

Uffington White Horse in its Landscape (Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph)

Miles, D.

Palmer, Susann

Who owns cultural objects? and who has the right to own them? The contributors to this book have thought long and hard about the ethics and politics of collecting, from a variety of professional perspectives: archaeologist, museum curator, antiquities dealer, collector, legislator. The book is the outcome of a series of lectures and workshops held in Oxford in October-December 2004. It brings together some stimulating and provocative opinions, that would not usually be found together; archaeology and cultural heritage students rarely come into contact with antiquities dealers or collectors, for instance; museum curators rarely get to know the production processes and rationales behind the legislation and ethical codes they have to abide by. The aim is to provoke thought and debate on this topical and sensitive subject area. Table of Contents Introduction and Acknowledgements Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Brodie) Overview and Assessment after Fifty Years of Collecting in a Changing World (George Ortiz) Archaeologists, Collectors, and Museums (John Boardman) Barriers or Bridges? Museums and Acquisitions in the Light of New Legal and Voluntary Codes (Paul Roberts) Who Owns Objects? A View from the Coin Trade (Ursula Kampmann) Who Owns Objects? A View from the Antiquities Trade (James Ede) Cultural Property: a Contribution to the Debate (Nicholas Mayhew) Recent UK Measures against the International Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Examining the New Regulatory Framework (David Gaimster) Repatriation and its Discontents: the Glasgow Experience (Mark O'Neill) Index

Who Owns Objects?: The Ethics and Politics of Collecting Cultural Artefacts

Business & Money

Robson, Eleanor

Treadwell, Luke

Business Culture

Oxbow Books

Contemporary art and modern archaeology are increasingly seen to share much common ground yet their interactions have yet to be fully investigated. This innovative volume explores key themes, including the role of display in art, in the practice of archaeology and in daily life, and the material transformations which underlie the physical reality of the archaeological record as much as the creative processes of the contemporary artist. Prominent practising artists Simon Callery and Antony Gormley provide seminal papers considering the role of materiality and embodiment in their own work, exploring issues that are directly relevant to current archaeological thinking. They are joined by archaeologists actively involved with visual approaches, including Anwen Cooper, Christopher Evans, Steven Mithen, Joshua Pollard, Nicholas Saunders, Aaron Watson and the editorial trio. The book is lavishly illustrated in colour. Table of Contents Introduction: art as archaeology and archaeology as art (Colin Renfrew et al); Art for archaeology (Colin Renfrew); Making and display: our aesthetic appreciation of things and objects (Chris Godsen); The art of decay and the transformation of substance (Joshua Pollard); Segsbury Project: art from excavation (Simon Callery); Making space for monuments: notes on the representation of experience (Aaron Watson); The pot, the flint and the bone and House Beautiful (Anwen Cooper et al); Unearthing displacement: surrealism and the 'archaeology' of Paul Nash (Christopher Evans); Art of war: engaging the contested object (Nicholas J Saunders); Art as process (Anthony Gormley); Contemporary Western art and archaeology (Steven Mithen).

Substance, Memory, Display: Archaeology and Art (McDonald Institute Monographs)

Arts & Photography

Renfrew, A. Colin

DeMarrais, Elizabeth

History & Criticism

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

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