Form, Function & Context
Olausson, Deborah LU
and Vandkilde, Helle
LU
(2000)
In Acta Archaeological Lundensia. Series in 8°
31.
- Abstract
- This book contains a series of articles based on papers presented at a
Nordic symposium held in autumn 1997. The articles have archaeological
material culture as their main focus. They deal with the fundamental, but
often ignored, questions of how form, function and context relate to each
other and how form and in particular function may change with context. The
central concept of context - defined as the totality of relationships
material culture enters - is of determining importance. Whereas material
culture may be summarized as the carrier of cultural identity, the context
is the framework in which form and function operate. The articles in this
book seek... (More) - This book contains a series of articles based on papers presented at a
Nordic symposium held in autumn 1997. The articles have archaeological
material culture as their main focus. They deal with the fundamental, but
often ignored, questions of how form, function and context relate to each
other and how form and in particular function may change with context. The
central concept of context - defined as the totality of relationships
material culture enters - is of determining importance. Whereas material
culture may be summarized as the carrier of cultural identity, the context
is the framework in which form and function operate. The articles in this
book seek to explore the potential hidden in the interface between
form, function and context and they address this relationship from various
perspectives. (Less)
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- editor
- Olausson, Deborah
LU
and Vandkilde, Helle
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2000
- type
- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Scandinavian prehistory, form and function
- in
- Acta Archaeological Lundensia. Series in 8°
- volume
- 31
- pages
- 307 pages
- publisher
- Institute of Archaeology, University of Lund
- ISSN
- 0065-0994
- ISBN
- 91-22-018476
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- dc10b405-66d7-4337-a980-14aabd1d0468 (old id 538952)
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material culture as their main focus. They deal with the fundamental, but<br/><br>
often ignored, questions of how form, function and context relate to each<br/><br>
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central concept of context - defined as the totality of relationships<br/><br>
material culture enters - is of determining importance. Whereas material<br/><br>
culture may be summarized as the carrier of cultural identity, the context<br/><br>
is the framework in which form and function operate. The articles in this<br/><br>
book seek to explore the potential hidden in the interface between<br/><br>
form, function and context and they address this relationship from various<br/><br>
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