Although human lives towards the second half of the twentieth century became increasingly
mediated by objects and artifacts and have depended heavily on the functioning of technical …

Many strands of archaeology have not succeeded in disentangling the complex relationship
between humans and things. They are based on the anthropocentric notion that the …

Literatur Page 1 Literatur Alber, Wolfgang (1984): Feldforschung als Textproduktion?
Rollenhandeln zwischen sozialwissenschaftlichem Erkenntnisanspruch und alltäglichen …

Kameran sulkimen avautuessa kuvauksen kohteesta tulevat valonsäteet kohtaavat filmin tai
kuvakennon. Syntyy materiaalinen jälki, josta erinäisten vaiheiden jälkeen saadaan …

This article examines photographic representation as a material and indexical trace caused
by photons reflected and/or emitted from the photographed objects. It argues that the …

The study of material culture, both past and present, is fundamentally the study of the
material remains of human action (Sackett 1990: 32; Appadurai 2003 [1986]; Burke 2017) …

Looking back over the past few years, the least that could be said is that the road traveled
was a long and winding one. As such roads go, some days they pass through dark and …

Microwear analysis developed within a typical processual approach in the 1970s,
addressing questions about form and function and site typology. Recent theoretical …

For as long as there have been archaeologists carrying out excavations there have been
people watching. In my own eldwork I have routinely encountered people willing to spend …

Several months ago, this earring (Fig. 6.1) made a pause on its journey to land in my wallet.
Its itinerary, of which I know only a little, is irrelevant to any other earring in the world–except …