Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper

This volume on prehistoric tanning technology is the revised and expanded version of the dissertation submitted to Exeter University in 2015. It is noteworthy in that it places experiment at the heart of the entire research programme, thereby radically changing the perspective from which archaeologi...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Carol van Driel-Murray
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	EXARC 2021
Materias:	book review skin or leather palaeolithic mesolithic neolithic chalcolithic bronze age iron age Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/69dc6dde28e343bbacef68f10036ef96
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:69dc6dde28e343bbacef68f10036ef96
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:69dc6dde28e343bbacef68f10036ef962021-12-01T14:42:35ZBook Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/69dc6dde28e343bbacef68f10036ef962021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10572https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956This volume on prehistoric tanning technology is the revised and expanded version of the dissertation submitted to Exeter University in 2015. It is noteworthy in that it places experiment at the heart of the entire research programme, thereby radically changing the perspective from which archaeological and ethnographic artefacts might be approached. As the author comments in the Introduction, the original intention was to examine surviving leather artefacts in museum collections in order to establish the sort of processing techniques that had been employed. But in the absence of any previous systematic research into the visible traces left by the different methods, and the unsatisfactory nature of existing physical and chemical analyses, Emmerich was compelled to start afresh and from the very basics, constructing her own standardized reference collection through a carefully constructed series of experiments.Carol van Driel-MurrayEXARCarticlebookreviewskin or leatherbookpalaeolithicmesolithicneolithicchalcolithicbronze ageiron ageMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2021/2 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	book review skin or leather book palaeolithic mesolithic neolithic chalcolithic bronze age iron age Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
spellingShingle	book review skin or leather book palaeolithic mesolithic neolithic chalcolithic bronze age iron age Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960 Carol van Driel-Murray Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper
description	This volume on prehistoric tanning technology is the revised and expanded version of the dissertation submitted to Exeter University in 2015. It is noteworthy in that it places experiment at the heart of the entire research programme, thereby radically changing the perspective from which archaeological and ethnographic artefacts might be approached. As the author comments in the Introduction, the original intention was to examine surviving leather artefacts in museum collections in order to establish the sort of processing techniques that had been employed. But in the absence of any previous systematic research into the visible traces left by the different methods, and the unsatisfactory nature of existing physical and chemical analyses, Emmerich was compelled to start afresh and from the very basics, constructing her own standardized reference collection through a carefully constructed series of experiments.
format	article
author	Carol van Driel-Murray
author_facet	Carol van Driel-Murray
author_sort	Carol van Driel-Murray
title	Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper
title_short	Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper
title_full	Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper
title_fullStr	Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper
title_full_unstemmed	Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper
title_sort	book review: determining prehistoric skin processing technologies by theresa emmerich kamper
publisher	EXARC
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/69dc6dde28e343bbacef68f10036ef96
work_keys_str_mv	AT carolvandrielmurray bookreviewdeterminingprehistoricskinprocessingtechnologiesbytheresaemmerichkamper
_version_	1718404875201544192

Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper

Ejemplares similares