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Material culture studies

Prown's three-stage method of reading an artefact through description, deduction and speculation, to recover the beliefs of its makers and users.

In material culture studies, Prown method refers to prown's three-stage method of reading an artefact through description, deduction and speculation, to recover the beliefs of its makers and users. This meaning comes from Prown (1982) in Winterthur Portfolio.[1]

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References

Prown, J. D. (1982). Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method. Winterthur Portfolio, 17(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1086/496065

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