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Author:   T. F. Martin ,  R. Weetch
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
ISBN:  

9781785703157

ISBN 10:   1785703153
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   28 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: dress and society Toby F. Martin and Rosie Weetch 2. Combination, composition and context: readdressing British Middle Bronze Age ornament hoards (c.1400-1100 cal. BC) Neil Wilkin 3. Personal objects and personal identity in the Iron Age: the case of the earliest brooches Sophie Adams 4. `Doing brooches': theorising brooches of the Roman Northwest (first to third centuries AD) Tatiana Ivleva 5. The Roman military belt - a status symbol and object of fashion Stefanie Hoss 6. Middle Anglo-Saxon dress accessories in life and death: expressions of a worldview Alexandra Knox 7. `Best' gowns, kerchiefs and pantofles: gifts of apparel in the north east of England in the 16th century Eleanor Standley 8. Redressing the balance: dress accessories of the non-elites in Early Modern England Natasha Awais-Dean 9. Cultural presumptions and curatorial context reassessing the `highland brooch' of early modern Scotland Stuart Campbell

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The discussions highlight the difficulties of studying identity and past societies, but more importantly they raise plenty of questions and show new ways of thinking about some familiar but often overlooked objects, leading the way for future research in the field. --LM (06/01/2017)

The discussions highlight the difficulties of studying identity and past societies, but more importantly they raise plenty of questions and show new ways of thinking about some familiar but often overlooked objects, leading the way for future research in the field. --LM (6/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)

The discussions highlight the difficulties of studying identity and past societies, but more importantly they raise plenty of questions and show new ways of thinking about some familiar but often overlooked objects, leading the way for future research in the field. --LM Current Archaeology (06/01/2017)

Author Information

Toby Martin is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Oxford specialising in the material culture of early medieval Europe. Rosie Weetch is a research fellow at the University of Birmingham and curator at the Museum of the Order of St John in Clerkenwell, London. She has worked on material culture from across the whole medieval period, with a particular interest in dress accessories.

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