Domestic Wooden Artefacts: In Britain and Ireland from Neolithic to Viking Times

by Caroline Earwood

Overview

In the first published synthesis of the subject, Caroline Earwood traces the changing styles and manufacturing techniques of wooden domestic artefacts in Britain and Ireland from the Neolithic age to the time of the Vikings. A surprising number of these items have survived - some as ancient as 6000 years old - in wet and waterlogged places such as wells and bogs. The book attempts to answer questions about who made the many and varied objects, who used them and how their style and decoration compare with pottery, metal and stone artefacts from the same period. It also examines the continued use of ancient techniques as late as the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780859893893
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	01/15/1993
Series:	Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies
Edition description:	1
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Caroline Earwood is a freelance archaeologist specialising in woodwork technology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Distribution, deposition and dating
Chapter 2. Stylistic and technical evolution: prehistory
Chapter 3. Typological development in the first millennium AD
Chapter 4. Wooden textile tools
Chapter 5. Carving and bentwood techniques
Chapter 6. Cooperage
Chapter 7. Turning and woodworking tools
Chapter 8. Organisation of production
Chapter 9. Cultural influences on style and decoration
Chapter 10. Progression, regression and archaism
Bibliography
Catalogue of domestic wooden artefacts: Britain and Ireland
Index

Editorial Reviews

"The book will become a standard of reference for wooden artefacts in western Europe."—Newswarp

"This is a fascinating book which has implications far beyond woodworking itself into the structure of the society that produces the woodworking."—Current Archaeology

From the Publisher

The book will become a standard of reference for wooden artefacts in western Europe.” –Newswarp

Newswarp

...a book which should most certainly be on the shelves of every museum and university library and should be one of the starting points for anyone proposing to study domestic wares and traditional crafts. The book makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of this relatively neglected field.” –Folk Life

Folk Life

This is a fascinating book which has implications far beyond woodworking itself into the structure of the society that produces the woodworking.” –Current Archaeology

Current Archaeology