An Anthropology of Absence: Materializations of Transcendence and Loss (repost)
An Anthropology of Absence: Materializations of Transcendence and Loss
Publisher: S…nger | ISBN: 1441955283 | 2010 | PDF | 232 pages | 3.9 MB
Publisher: S…nger | ISBN: 1441955283 | 2010 | PDF | 232 pages | 3.9 MB
In studying material culture, anthropologists and archaeologists use meaningful physical objects from a culture to help understand the less tangible aspects of that culture, such as societal structure, rituals, and values. What happens when these objects are destroyed, by war, natural disaster, or other historical events?