Concentrates on the varying roles and functions that material culture plays in almost all aspects of the social fabric of a given culture. Using world-wide data, the book queries whether material culture is equivalent to documents which can be “read” and questions the messages conveyed this way.
Author : The Meanings of Things by Ian Hodder
Published by : Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN Number : 3020657
Price : £34.65
Humanities, Arts & Music
Archive for the ‘ARCHAEOLOGY’ Category
The Meanings of Things
31
Dec
MALLOWAN”S MEMOIRS
31
Dec
Sir Max Mallowan tells the story of his life, from his boyhood at Lancing to the days when he was elected a Fellow of All Souls and became a Trustee of the British Museum. First published in 1977, it also provides a number of pieces in the jigsaw of the life of the author’’s wife, Agatha Christie.
Author : MALLOWAN”S MEMOIRS by M.E.L. MALLOWAN
Published by : HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
ISBN Number : 7117043
Price : £5.35
Humanities, Arts & Music
Master Plan
31
Dec
A story of delusion and excess; of scientific and political abuse on a global scale, and has the energy of an adventure, but also the truth of a terrifying episode in twentieth-century history. This book is an expose of the German scientists and scholars who allowed their research to be used to justify extermination.
Author : Master Plan by Heather Pringle
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7148127
Price : £13.40
Humanities, Arts & Music
The Master Plan
31
Dec
What happens when science falls prey to a political agenda? Himmler, the chief of the SS and architect of the Nazi network of death camps, was obsessed with re-writing history. This work aims to uncover the true story of the scientists and archaeologists Heinrich Himmler deployed to find proof for his theories of a prehistoric Aryan master race.
Author : The Master Plan by Heather Pringle
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7148135
Price : £5.35
Humanities, Arts & Music