Old and New Materialisms

Authors

  • Marisa Lazzari University of Exeter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v1i2.26676

Keywords:

New Materialisms, things, participants, assemblages, ontology, wonder

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Lazzari, M. (2019). Old and New Materialisms. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, 1(2), 236-238. https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v1i2.26676