Lines A Brief History

Name: Lines A Brief History
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ISBN: 9780415424271

ISBN-10: 0415424275

ISBN-13: 9780415424271

Edition: 2007

Authors: Tim Ingold

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This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines. As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates: speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America paths, trails and maps drawing, writing and calligraphy The modern and postmodern world. Written by anbsp;leading expert in the field and including over seventy illustrations,nbsp;this text offers a radically different approach to anthropological and archaeological studies, taking us on a journey which will change the way we look at the…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of figures


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Language, music and notation



Traces, threads and surfaces



Up, across and along



The genealogical line



Drawing, writing and calligraphy



How the line became straight


Notes


References


Index