This title develops a systematic approach to materials at a time when there has been a call for a greater focus on materials in material culture studies. It est

This volume provides a clear and up-to-date description of how the materials were exploited, modified and manufactured in prehistoric and historic periods.

This work investigates the material culture of public temperatures in New York City. Numbers like temperature, while ubiquitous and indispensable to capitalized

Modern Material Culture

Material is the mother of innovation and it is through skill that innovations are brought about. This core thesis that is developed in this book identifies skil