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"The true and exact dresses and fashion" : archaeological clothing remains and their social contexts in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Hungary

Title: "The true and exact dresses and fashion" : archaeological clothing remains and their social contexts in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Hungary / Dóra Mérai.
Author: Mérai, Dóra.
Publication: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2010.

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Description

97 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 30 cm.

Summary

"The author's main aim in this study is to look at how and within what framework the elements of costume from Ottoman period burials in Hungary have been treated by previous research, and to suggest some new directions of interpretation. The information on the ethnic and geographical origins of the population interred in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cemeteries in Hungary, as provided by historical sources, has determined the questions formulated within previous archaeological scholarship: the analysis of burial customs and finds, mostly remains of clothing, has focused on an ethnic interpretation. This study has two main aims. First, to look for factors other than ethnicity which could contribute to the formation of clothing and of the way it appears in the archaeological record, taking a closer look at the archaeological and various aspects of the social and cultural context of certain objects. Second, to see how historical archaeology can modify our understanding of clothing in the past: the way it was treated by contemporary peoples, and the social and cultural structures that produced it."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

BAR international series ; 2078
Archaeolingua. Central European series ; 5

Uniform Title

Archaeolingua. Central European series ; 5.
BAR international series ; 2078.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.--Central European University).

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-97).

ISBN

9781407305554
1407305557

LCCN

2010398707

OCLC

ocn607886590
607886590
SCSB-1550137

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library