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Entangled

A New Archaeology of the Relationships between Humans and Things
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Entangled by Ian Hodder explores how humans have evolved in deep connection with the things we create and use, such as tools, technology, and culture. The book delves into the co-dependence between humans and objects, examining how this relationship has shaped societal developments and individual lives throughout history. It's an insightful analysis of our intertwined existence with the material world, offering a unique perspective on human advancement.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the complex relationships between humans and objects throughout history. It offers a unique perspective on how tools and artefacts not only shape our lives but also become entangled with cultural and evolutionary developments. Ideal for those interested in archaeology and the intricate interplay between material culture and human advances.

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Offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the theory of material entanglement and entrapment, enriched with vivid examples from everyday life.

Entangled explores how archaeological evidence can help provide a better understanding of the direction of human social and technological change, demonstrating how the interrelationship of humans and things is a defining characteristic of human history and culture. Using examples drawn from both the early farming settlements of the Middle East and daily life in the modern world, Ian Hodder highlights the complex co-dependencies of humans and thingsβ€”arguing that the maintenance and sustaining of material worlds are the unseen drivers of human development.

Updated and expanded, Entangled offers new perspectives on the study of the relationality between things and humans. In this edition, the author reframes relationality in terms of various forms of dependence to better explore inequality, injustice, and the ways people get entrapped in detrimental social and economic situations. An entirely new chapter focuses on human dependence on other humans, such as between colonial powers and colonised people. Increased focus is placed on object-oriented ontologies and assemblages, symmetrical archaeology, and indigenous and radical approaches in archaeology that critique relationality and posthumanism. A wide range of new examples, references, and literature are presented throughout the book.

  • Argues that dependence on things forces humans down particular evolutionary pathways and social trends.
  • Demonstrates how long-standing entanglements can be irreversible and increase in scale and complexity over time.
  • Integrates archaeology, natural and biological sciences, and the social sciences.
  • Presents a critical review of key contemporary perspectives, including material culture studies, phenomenology, evolutionary theory, cognitive archaeology, human ecology, and complexity theory.

Entangled: A New Archaeology of the Relationships between Humans and Things, Second Edition is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students, lecturers, researchers, and scholars in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies, and related fields across the social sciences and humanities.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119855866

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 175.0mm

Height: 252.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Ian Hodder is Dunlevie Family Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University and Professor of Archaeology at KoΓ§ University, Istanbul. He led a large-scale excavation project at the Neolithic site of Γ§atalhΓΆyΓΌk in Turkey between 1993 and 2018. His books include Symbols in Action, Reading the Past, The Leopard’s Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Γ§atalhΓΆyΓΌk, The Domestication of Europe, The Archaeological Process: An Introduction, and Archaeological Theory Today.

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