Description - Fragmentation in Archaeology by John Chapman
All archaeologists know that the vast majority of the objects they discover are broken; but breakage is usually assumed to have happened by accident, or after deposition. "Fragmentation This volume argues that the deliberate physical fragmentation of objects, and their (often structured) deposition, lies at the core of the archaeology of the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Copper Age of Central and Eastern Europe. The book presents evidence from the Balkans to place the significance of fragmentation within a broad anthropological context, which links people to objects in production, exchange and consumption through the processes of enchainment and accumulation. This new dynamic is used to explain such diverse phenomena as the Iron Gates Mesolithic, mass sherd deposition in pits, the use of anthropomorphic figurines, and the wealth of artefacts found in the Varna cemetery.
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Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. by John Chapman, D.D. ... Now Carefully Revised, and Corrected with Additions, and Collected Into One Volume.
