Personal Adornment and the Construction of Identity A Global Archaeological Perspective

Hannah V. Mattson, "Personal Adornment and the Construction of Identity: A Global Archaeological Perspective"
English | ISBN: 1789255953 | 2021 | 224 pages | PDF | 24 MB
Objects of adornment have been a subject of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic study for well over a century. Within archaeology, personal ornaments have traditionally been viewed as decorative embellishments associated with status and wealth, materializations of power relations and social strategies, or markers of underlying social categories such as those related to gender, class, and ethnic affiliation. Personal Adornment and the Construction of Identity