Fluid Pasts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780715639825)

Fluid Pasts outlines an innovative archaeological approach to the study of rivers and flowing water, challenging the view that rivers are somehow more natural, less cultural than other kinds of material evidence. In bringing archaeological perspectives to flowing water, as opposed to static and solid objects, the book follows water from rivers along numerous channels to the many archaeological sites where running water was utilised or built into designs and layouts, or where other kinds of flow have left material traces. A focus on flow changes our perception of otherwise ordinary sites and landscapes, its very nature prompting us to think about the material world differently, and to develop more dynamic and fluid forms of analysis.

Author: Matthew Edgeworth
ISBN-10: 071563982X
ISBN-13: 9780715639825
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2011
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.60d