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Design and Plan in the Country House
The way a man thinks about his day-to-day living and the needs of his household reveals a great deal about his ambitions, his idea of himself, and his role in the community. And his house or castle offers many clues to his habits as well as those of the members of his household. This intriguing book explores the evolution of country house plans throughout Britain and Ireland, from medieval times to the eighteenth century. With photographs and detailed architectural plans of each house under discussion, the book presents a whole range of new insights into how these homes were designed and what their varied designs tell us about the lives of their residents. Starting with fortified medieval tower houses, the book traces patterns that developed and sometimes repeated in country house design over the centuries. It discusses who slept in the bedchambers, where food was prepared, how rooms were arranged for official and private activities, what towers signified, and more. Groundbreaking in its depth, the volume offers a rare tour of country houses for scholar and general reader alike.
Prehistoric Materialities
This volume focuses on the analysis of materials, from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods of Britain and Ireland, in the study of prehistoric artefacts. Challenging the assumption that materials are inert and shaped by past societies, it argues that it is rather the materials which shaped the societies.
La Recherche archéologique en France
Le volume présente, en deux parties, bilan et programmation, les résultats de la réflexion que le Conseil national de la recherche archéologique (CNRA) a menée avec l'aide de spécialistes issus de l'ensemble des organismes constituant la communauté archéologique. La première partie, bilan des années 1990-1994, témoigne de la vitalité de la recherche archéologique, programmée et préventive, tant en milieu urbain qu'en milieu rural. Les axes de recherche proposés en 1989 ont renouvelé les connaissances, même s'il subsiste, ici ou là, quelques "blancs" géographiques et thématiques. Une bibliographie abondante permettra au lecteur d'approfondir les questions qui l'intéressent. La deuxième partie propose des programmes archéologiques nationaux actualisés en fonction des résultats depuis 1989 : ils tiennent compte des orientations nouvelles du CNRA, notamment celle d'approcher le contexte environnemental de manière plus globale. Ici sont donc livrés les enjeux scientifiques des interventions sur le patrimoine archéologique.
Concepts and Patterns of Service in the Later Middle Ages
The notion of service was ingrained in medieval culture, and not just as part of the wider concept of patronage. These studies examine the nature and importance of service in the 14th and 15th centuries in a variety of contexts.
Victim Zero
Kat Ward was the first victim to speak out about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Jimmy Savile and her testimony became a catalyst for the uncovering of decades of abuse and cover-up. She has at last been vindicated and her story is both harrowing and immensely moving.
Archaeology After Interpretation
A new generation of archaeologists has thrown down a challenge to post-processual theory, arguing that characterizing material symbols as arbitrary overlooks the material character and significance of artifacts. This volume showcases the significant departure from previous symbolic approaches that is underway in the discipline. It brings together key scholars advancing a variety of cutting edge approaches, each emphasizing an understanding of artifacts and materials not in terms of symbols but relationally, as a set of associations that compose people’s understanding of the world. Authors draw on a diversity of intellectual sources and case studies, paving a dynamic road ahead for archaeology as a discipline and theoretical approaches to material culture.
Making a Mark
The visual imagery of Neolithic Britain and Ireland is spectacular. While the imagery of passage tombs, such as Knowth and Newgrange, are well known the rich imagery on decorated portable artefacts is less well understood. How does the visual imagery found on decorated portable artefacts compare with other Neolithic imagery, such as passage tomb art and rock art? How do decorated portable artefacts relate chronologically to other examples of Neolithic imagery? Using cutting edge digital imaging techniques, the Making a Mark project examined Neolithic decorated portable artefacts of chalk, stone, bone, antler, and wood from three key regions: southern England and East Anglia; the Irish Sea re...
Archaeology After Interpretation
This volume marks a significant departure from previous symbolic approaches in post-processual archaeology, bringing together key scholars advancing a variety of cutting edge approaches to chart a new direction in material culture studies.
