Johnston, Robert, 1973-
Bronze Age worlds : a social prehistory of Britain and Ireland / Robert Johnston. - 1 online resource
Introduction: Dowris -- Part I: Gifts -- A patina of journeys; 2500-1700 BC -- Dispersed lives; 2000-700 BC -- Part II: Dwellings -- Home ground; 2500-1200 BC -- Living and gathering; 1400-750 BC -- Part III: Landmarks -- Enchanting places; 2500-1500 BC -- Akin to land; 2200-700 BC -- Conclusion: A social prehistory.
"Bronze Age Worlds brings a new way of thinking about kinship to the task of explaining the formation of social life in the Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. Britain and Ireland's diverse landscapes and societies experienced varied and profound transformations during the twenty-fifth to eighth centuries BC. People's lives were shaped by migrations, changing beliefs about death, making and thinking with metals, and living in houses and field systems. This book offers accounts of how these processes emerged from social life, from events, places and landscapes, informed by a novel theory of kinship. Kinship was a rich and inventive sphere of culture that incorporated biological relations but was not determined by them. Kinship formed personhood and collective belonging, and associated people with nonhuman beings, things and places. The differences in kinship and kinwork across Ireland and Britain brought textures to social life and the formation of Bronze Age worlds. Bronze Age Worlds offers new perspectives to anthropologists and archaeologists interested in the effects of kinship on Bronze Age societies and cultural development"--
9781315177632 1315177633 9781351710961 1351710966 9781351710985 1351710982 9781351710978 1351710974
Bronze age--Great Britain.
Bronze age--Ireland.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
GN778.22.G7
936.1/7
Bronze Age worlds : a social prehistory of Britain and Ireland / Robert Johnston. - 1 online resource
Introduction: Dowris -- Part I: Gifts -- A patina of journeys; 2500-1700 BC -- Dispersed lives; 2000-700 BC -- Part II: Dwellings -- Home ground; 2500-1200 BC -- Living and gathering; 1400-750 BC -- Part III: Landmarks -- Enchanting places; 2500-1500 BC -- Akin to land; 2200-700 BC -- Conclusion: A social prehistory.
"Bronze Age Worlds brings a new way of thinking about kinship to the task of explaining the formation of social life in the Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. Britain and Ireland's diverse landscapes and societies experienced varied and profound transformations during the twenty-fifth to eighth centuries BC. People's lives were shaped by migrations, changing beliefs about death, making and thinking with metals, and living in houses and field systems. This book offers accounts of how these processes emerged from social life, from events, places and landscapes, informed by a novel theory of kinship. Kinship was a rich and inventive sphere of culture that incorporated biological relations but was not determined by them. Kinship formed personhood and collective belonging, and associated people with nonhuman beings, things and places. The differences in kinship and kinwork across Ireland and Britain brought textures to social life and the formation of Bronze Age worlds. Bronze Age Worlds offers new perspectives to anthropologists and archaeologists interested in the effects of kinship on Bronze Age societies and cultural development"--
9781315177632 1315177633 9781351710961 1351710966 9781351710985 1351710982 9781351710978 1351710974
Bronze age--Great Britain.
Bronze age--Ireland.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
GN778.22.G7
936.1/7