Considering Creativity: Creativity, Knowledge and Practice

Objects are the material outcome of creative processes. Consideration of creativity is thus essential to understanding developments in material culture. The papers in this volume explore European Bronze Age objects through the lens of creativity in order to offer fresh insights into the interaction between people and the world, as well as the individual and cultural processes that underpin creative expression. Expert contributions span the Early to Late Bronze Age, deal with a range of materials including textiles, metal, and ceramics, and reflect on data from across the continent including Iberia, Scandinavia, west, central and eastern Europe. Together they argue for the importance and accessibility of studying creativity in Bronze Age objects, which are the product of different kinds of knowledge and practice, including the social, the cosmological, and the technical.