Fragmentation in archaeology
Subtitle: people, places, and broken objects in the prehistory of south eastern Europe
By: John Chapman.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Balkan Peninsula.; Prehistoric peoples -- Balkan Peninsula.; Archaeology -- Methodology.; Balkan Peninsula -- Antiquities.
Description: "Fragmentation in Archaeology draws on detailed 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-285) and indexes.