The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lens―a cognitive process based on traditional practices in art history. But ancient people did not ascribe their visions on canvas, rather on hills, stones, and fields. Thus, Chris Tilley argues, the iconographic approach falls short of understanding ...(展开全部)

With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the icy frozen waves of the Cambrian sandstone of south-east Sweden, this book investigates the sensuous material qualities of stone. Tactile sensations, sonorous qualities, colour, and visual impressions ...(展开全部)

With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the icy frozen waves of the Cambrian sandstone of south-east Sweden, this book investigates the sensuous material qualities of stone. Tactile sensations, sonorous qualities, colour, and visual impressions ...(展开全部)

This book takes a new approach to writing about the past. Instead of studying the prehistory of Britain from Mesolithic to Iron Age times in terms of periods or artifact classifications, Tilley examines it through the lens of their geology and landscapes, asserting the fundamental significance of the bones of the land in the process of human occupation over the long durée. Gran...(展开全部)

This is a fully revised edition of a book that may fairly claim to have re-opened the sociology of the body as a legitimate area of enquiry. The book provides an unparalleled guide to all aspects of the sociology of the body. Each chapter has been revised and updated and the book contains new material that reflects changes in the field since the last edition. In particular, Tur...(展开全部)

第一章　序論～在1920年代，Paul Schilder開啟了心理學以及社會學界對於「身體意象」（body image）的興趣；Paul Schilder可以稱為以心理學以及社會學的觀點來研究身體意象的始祖。在Schilder之前，對於身體意象的研究，大多著重於個體因腦傷而產生的身體知覺扭曲現象。Schilder在進行身體意象的研究過程中，廣泛地採用心理學以及社會學的理論架構，來探索個體對於自己身體的覺察與體驗。在《人體的意象與外觀》（The image and appearance of the human body）（1950）一書中，他認為身體意象不只是一種認知架構，還包括他人的態度以及與他人的互動。他也特別注意身體意象的本質，其中包括影響體型知覺變動的原因，過輕與過重的感覺以及身體意象對於人際互動的影響。對於身體意象這個概念，他定義為：個體心...(展开全部)

Offers a new approach to landscape perception. This book is an extended photographic essay about topographic features of the landscape. It integrates philosophical approaches to landscape perception with anthropological studies of the significance of the landscape in small-scale societies. This perspective is used to examine the relationship between prehistoric sites and their...(展开全部)