Title: Parts and wholes :
Authors: Chapman, John,; Gaydarska, Bisserka; Raduncheva, Ana.; Koleva, Bistra.
Date: 2007
Publisher: Oxbow Books ;
Physical description: xiv, 233 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), graphs ; 28 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: G
Contents: Introduction to the life cycle of things -- categorisation, fragmentation and enchainment -- What we can do with whole objects -- the categorical analysis of pottery -- Parts and wholes -- Hamangia figurines -- Schiffer visits the Balkans -- Using objects after the break -- beyond re-fitting studies -- The biographical approach -- fired clay figurines from the Late Eneolithic tell of Dolnoslav -- Personhood and the life cycle of Spondylus rings -- Re-fitting the narrative : beyond fragments -- Concluding pointers towards future research.
Subject headings (LCSH): Antiquities, Prehistoric.; Material culture.; Social archaeology.