The Archaeology of Value: Essays on prestige and the processes of valuation

by Douglass W. Bailey

Essays originally presented as papers at the European Association of Archaeologists' Conference in Santiago de Compostela in 1995. On being famous through time and across space (Douglass W. Bailey) ; The value of tasks in the late Upper Palaeolithic (Anthony Sinclair) ; Consumer behaviour in early modern times (Carolina Andersson and Ann-Mari Hållans) ; Early Bronze Age burial as theatrical complexity (Mike Pearson) ; Cattle as wealth in Neolithic Europe (Nerissa Russell) ; Princely tombs in the central Balkan Iron Age (Aleksandar Palavestra) ; Wealth, status and prestige in the Iberian Iron Age (Fernando Quesada) ; Social, economic and symbolic values in central Europe in the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age (Andrzej Pydyn) ; Objectification, embodiment and the value of placesand things (John Chapman) ; The social life of Italian Neolithic painted pottery (Robin Skeates) .

146 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998