The Value of Making. Theory and Practice in Ancient Craft Production
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Helle Hochscheid, Ben Russell (eds). Pages: xiv + 254 p. Illustrations:74 b/w, 46 col., 12 tables b/w. Language(s):English. Brepols, Publication Year:2021 --- SUMMARY This volume presents new scholarship on the value and valuing of craft production in ancient societies around the Mediterranean. Ancient economic history, especially when approached archaeologically, has typically — and with good reason — focused upon the objects that were produced by craftspeople, their form and style, and their distribution. Typological approaches necessary for sorting and analysing large bodies of material evidence have also prioritized the final form of artefacts. Yet it was first and foremost the craftspeople behind these items who were responsible for an item’s functionality, its purpose, and its value, and these roles have in recent years received fresh attention in anthropological and sociological studies. The contributions gathered in this volume revolve around the role of makers, their handling of materials, and their place in networks of production and consumption, whilst at the same time remembering that craftspeople were never lone forces but depended on wider networks of supplies, colleagues, and consumers, as well as more ephemeral considerations such as aesthetics and religious value. Through this approach, the volume sheds new light not only on a range of crafts and materials from the ancient world, but also on the value of making and the making of value in ancient Mediterranean societies. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: New Approaches to Old Crafts — HELLE HOCHSCHEID AND BEN RUSSELL I. Communities of Making 2. Craft, Ownership, and Identity: Making, Thinking, and Being (Together) — ANN BRYSBAERT AND HELLE HOCHSCHEID 3. Preparing for War: Craftspeople, Management, and Innovations — NATACHA MASSAR 4. Ancient Maker Spaces: The Value of Craft Communities in Multi-Material Workshops in Late Antiquity — BETH MUNRO II. Craft Organization and Identity 5. Roman Stone Carvers and their Chaîne Opératoire — BEN RUSSELL 6. Reconstructing Socio-Economic Work Practices between Industries: Cross-Industry Relations in Roman Italy — ELIZABETH A. MURPHY 7. Reeds to Riches: The Crafts of Making Ancient Auloi — DANISE VAN HAL AND HELLE HOCHSCHEID 8. Spinning — The Invisible Profession — MARY HARLOW III. Form, Function and Authenticity 9. Cylinder Seals in the Late Bronze Age Aegean (c. 1600–1100 BC) — GERT JAN VAN WIJNGAARDEN 10. Assessing Value Attribution: The Evidence of Votive Offerings — HEIDE FRIELINGHAUS 11. Precious Pots: Making and Repairing Dolia — CAROLINE CHEUNG 12. Greek and Roman Glyptic: alibi ars, alibi materia — KENNETH LAPATIN IV. Old Crafts for the Future 13. On the Value of Making and Learning — WILL WOOTTON.…
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