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The purpose of archaeology is to reconstruct and present the past as it was lived, warts and all. Too often that ideal has been restricted to the affairs and structures of the great and (often not so) good, ignoring what happened after the battles were won or lost. Everyday life carried on for the vast majority of people who cooked, built walls and fences, herded and tended animals, and made pottery, metal tools and foodstuffs. Each of these domestic tasks required tools and equipment, and each object tells a story of the user's identity, both regional and personal. This volume presents a selection of worldwide studies of domestic objects and lives, from Scottish ceramics to Mayan urban zones. Each of these chapters demonstrate the commonalities humans share when there is 'no place like home', enhancing archaeological knowledge of the realities of life in the past.
The purpose of archaeology is to reconstruct and present the past as it was lived, warts and all. Too often that ideal has been restricted to the affairs and structures of the great and (often not so) good, ignoring what happened after the battles were won or lost. Everyday life carried on for th...
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Rena Maguire is an IRC-Funded Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in University College Dublin, Ireland. She graduated from Queen's University Belfast, where she is a Visiting Fellow, and specialises in Iron Age material culture, particularly metalwork, but especially ancient equitation, lorinery and weaponry. She is active in EXARC as practitioner and editor of the journal.
Rena Maguire is an IRC-Funded Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in University College Dublin, Ireland. She graduated from Queen's University Belfast, where she is a Visiting Fellow, and specialises in Iron Age material culture, particularly metalwork, but especially ancient equitation, lorinery and w...
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