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• catalog abstract "Learning from Things presents the methods and theories underlying the many ways in which material objects - things of all kinds from all periods of history - can reconstruct and interpret lifeways of the past. This collection of essays links material culture studies with art history and the history of technology, as well as with archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, folklore studies, and other fields that use material evidence. The thirteen contributors - among them Jules D. Prown, Don D. Fowler, Steven Lubar, Joseph J. Corn, and Michael B. Schiffer - examine both the processes of forming historical and archaeological records and collections and how those processes influence, and even distort, conclusions made by scholars. The book also deals with the role of optical and electron microscopy, radiocarbon dating, and other tools of material science in material culture studies. Citing various processes - from microwear analysis of Paleolithic stone tool surfaces to the impact of mechanized metal cutting on nineteenth-century gun production - the contributors argue the importance of multidisciplinary participation for accurately analyzing objects. Bringing together the approaches of both "hard" systematic scholars and "soft" humanists concerned with aesthetics and cultural belief systems, the book provides a foundation for the further evolution of material culture studies.".
• catalog contributor b8259772.
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description "Citing various processes - from microwear analysis of Paleolithic stone tool surfaces to the impact of mechanized metal cutting on nineteenth-century gun production - the contributors argue the importance of multidisciplinary participation for accurately analyzing objects. Bringing together the approaches of both "hard" systematic scholars and "soft" humanists concerned with aesthetics and cultural belief systems, the book provides a foundation for the further evolution of material culture studies.".
• catalog description "Formation processes of ethnographic collections: examples from the Great Basin of western North America / Catherine S. Fowler and Don D. Fowler -- Formation of anthropological archival records / Nancy J. Parezo -- Role for materials science / W. David Kingery -- Materials science and material culture / W. David Kingery -- Optical and electron microscopy in material culture studies / David Killick -- Dating, provenance, and usage in material culture studies / Michael S. Tite.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "Introduction / David Kingery -- Material/culture: can the farmer and the cowman still be friends? / Jules D. Prown -- Learning from technological things / Steven Lubar -- Object lessons/object myths? what historians learn from things / Joseph J. Corn -- Object/ions: technology, culture, and gender / Ruth Oldenziel -- Formation processes of the historical and archaeological records / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Pathways to the present: in search of shirt-pocket radios with subminiature tubes / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Destruction of the archaeological heritage and the formation of museum collections: the case of Denmark / Kristian Kristiansen -- Passionate possession: the formation of private collections / Marjorie Akin.".
• catalog description "Learning from Things presents the methods and theories underlying the many ways in which material objects - things of all kinds from all periods of history - can reconstruct and interpret lifeways of the past. This collection of essays links material culture studies with art history and the history of technology, as well as with archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, folklore studies, and other fields that use material evidence. The thirteen contributors - among them Jules D. Prown, Don D. Fowler, Steven Lubar, Joseph J. Corn, and Michael B. Schiffer - examine both the processes of forming historical and archaeological records and collections and how those processes influence, and even distort, conclusions made by scholars. The book also deals with the role of optical and electron microscopy, radiocarbon dating, and other tools of material science in material culture studies.".
• catalog extent "x, 262 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Learning from things.".
• catalog identifier "1560986077 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Learning from things.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
• catalog relation "Learning from things.".
• catalog subject "306 20".
• catalog subject "Archaeology and history.".
• catalog subject "GN406 .L43 1995".
• catalog subject "GN406 .L43 1996".
• catalog subject "Material culture.".
• catalog subject "Technology and civilization.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Formation processes of ethnographic collections: examples from the Great Basin of western North America / Catherine S. Fowler and Don D. Fowler -- Formation of anthropological archival records / Nancy J. Parezo -- Role for materials science / W. David Kingery -- Materials science and material culture / W. David Kingery -- Optical and electron microscopy in material culture studies / David Killick -- Dating, provenance, and usage in material culture studies / Michael S. Tite.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / David Kingery -- Material/culture: can the farmer and the cowman still be friends? / Jules D. Prown -- Learning from technological things / Steven Lubar -- Object lessons/object myths? what historians learn from things / Joseph J. Corn -- Object/ions: technology, culture, and gender / Ruth Oldenziel -- Formation processes of the historical and archaeological records / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Pathways to the present: in search of shirt-pocket radios with subminiature tubes / Michael Brian Schiffer -- Destruction of the archaeological heritage and the formation of museum collections: the case of Denmark / Kristian Kristiansen -- Passionate possession: the formation of private collections / Marjorie Akin.".
• catalog title "Learning from things : method and theory of material culture studies / edited by W. David Kingery.".
• catalog type "text".