Description
Book SynopsisIn 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.
Trade ReviewThe 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 *
... 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 *
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
