000			03703cam a22005058i 4500
001			9781315109879
003			FlBoTFG
005			20220724194452.0
006			m o d
007			cr |||||||||||
008			190314s2019 enk ob 001 0 eng
040			_aOCoLC-P _beng _erda _cOCoLC-P
020			_a1315109875
020			_a9781351614399 _q(Adobe Reader)
020			_a1351614398
020			_a9781351614375 _q( Mobipocket Unencrypted)
020			_a1351614371
020			_a9781351614382 _q(ePub3)
020			_a135161438X
020			_a9781315109879 _q(electronic bk.)
020			_z9781138088412 (hardback : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)1090280490
035			_a(OCoLC-P)1090280490
050	1	0	_aGN778.2.A1
072		7	_aSOC _x003000 _2bisacsh
072		7	_aHD _2bicssc
082	0	0	_a936 _223
100	1		_aFontijn, David R., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEconomies of destruction : _bhow the systematic destruction of valuables created value in Bronze Age Europe, c. 2300-500 BC / _cDavid Fontijn.
264		1	_aAbingdon, Oxon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Why do people destroy objects and materials that are important to them? This book aims to make sense of this fascinating, yet puzzling social practice. It does so by focusing on a period in history in which such destructive behavior reached unseen heights and complexity: the Bronze Age in Europe (c. 2300-500 BC). This period is often seen as the time in which the first 'familiar' Europe took shape due to the rise of a metal-based economy. But it was also during the Bronze Age that massive amounts of scarce and recyclable metal were deliberately buried in the landscape and never taken out again. This systematic deposition of metalwork sits uneasily with our prevailing perception of the Bronze Age as the first 'rational-economic' period in history - and therewith - of ourselves. Taking the patterned archaeological evidence of these seemingly un-economic metalwork depositions at face value, it is shown that the 'un-economic' giving-up of metal valuables was an integral part of what a Bronze Age 'economy' was about. Written as an extended essay and based on case studies from Bronze Age Europe, this book attempts to reconcile the seemingly conflicting political and cultural approaches that are currently used to understand this pivotal period in Europe's deep history. Using theories from economic anthropology, this book argues that -paradoxically - giving up that which was valuable created value. It shows that to achieve something in society, something else must be given up"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aSystematic irrationalities? The Bronze Age "destructive economy" -- Selective deposition: what does it entail and how can it be studied? -- The value conundrum: what common things and splendid items share and why their deposition is selective -- Pre-Bronze Age selective deposition -- Trade hoards: the un-economic nature of the Bronze Age metal economy -- Gifts to familiar gods? -- The receiving landscape -- Economies of destruction: "keeping-while-destroying"?
588			_aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
650		0	_aBronze age _zEurope.
650		0	_aMetal wastes _zEurope _xHistory.
650		0	_aEconomic anthropology.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology _2bisacsh
856	4	0	_3Read Online _uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315109879
856	4	2	_3OCLC metadata license agreement _uhttp://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
942			_2lcc _cEBK
999			_c17949 _d17949