In Defense of Things: Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects

Altamira Press (2010)
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This important work of archaeological theory challenges us to reconsider our ideas about the nature of things, past and present, arguing that objects themselves possess a dynamic presence that we must take into account if we are to understand the world we and they inhabit

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