Thinking Through Material Culture : An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Preface vii 1 Introduction: Thinking Through Material Culture 1(10) 2 Animacy, Agency, and Personhood 11(24) 3 Cognition, Perception, and Action 35(29) 4 The Dynamics of Networks 64(21) 5 Networks of Meaning: A Sociosemiotics of Material Culture 85(22) 6 Thinking Through: Meaning in Modern Material Culture 107(26) 7 Archaeological Case Study: Drinking Vessels in Minoan Crete 133(34) 8 Conclusions 167(4) Notes 171(12) Bibliography 183(16) Index 199