The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Plastics

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Archaeology and Plastics: An Introduction
Section 1 Frameworks
	2 Early Plastics
	3 Stratigraphy of Plastics
	4 Plastics in Sedimentary Processes and Rocks: The Fossilisation of the Plastic Age
	5 Plastic and Presentism: The Time of Disposability
	6 Curating Plastics
	7 Classification for the Plastic Age
Section 2 Perspectives
	8 In Small Plastic Things Forgotten: The Contradictions and Consequences of Biopower
	9 Unsustainable Horizons: Plastic Material Culture in Forensic Archaeology
	10 Ephemeral Archaeology?: Queering the Cultural and Political Implications of Historicising Plastic Pollution
	11 A ‘Plastic’ Archaeology for an Anthropocene of Plastics: Reflections from the South
	12 ‘Self-Insulated, … Rotproof and Fireproof?’ The Poetry of Plastics in Architecture: From the House of the Future to the Grenfell Tower Disaster
	13 Understanding the Use of Plastics in Design: Materials, Manufacturing Processes, and Relational Connections
	14 Contemporary Art, Archaeology, and Plastics
Section 3 Production
	15 The Archaeology of Oil Production
	16 Additives and Afterlives: Plastic Production and Consumption in Ruby, Arizona
	17 The Industrial Archaeology of Plastic Production
	18 Plastics and the Great Depression in North East England: 1929–1939
	19 Pulsing Threads, Plastic Lines
Section 4 Use
	20 From Transformative Potential to Existential Crisis: The Practice of Art/Archaeology in the Plastic Age
	21 Remembering the Building Blocks of Socialism: The Material and Mediatised (N)ostalgia of East German Plastic Construction Toys
	22 Vinyl Records in Archaeological Context: A Case Study from Northern California
	23 Ritual Litter: Pagan Votive Offerings at Historic and Nature Sites in the UK
	24 Birds as Curators of Human Generated Debris
Section 5 Waste
	25 Living on Mounds of Plastic: The Material Culture and Daily Life of Garbage Collectors and Communities
	26 An Underwater Archaeology of Plastic in Inland Waterways
	27 Islands of the Plastic Age: Cultural Heritage Perspectives on Submergence and Emergence in the Northern Pacific
	28 Archaeology of a Cargo Spill: The Lingering Legacy of Lego
	29 Plastics in Outer Space
	30 The Flipflopi: The Recycled Plastic Boat on a Mission to ‘Close the Loop’ on Plastic Waste
Section 6 Future Prospects
	31 The Substance of Dreams: Plastics and ‘the Future’
	32 Life in Plastic, It’s Fantastic
Index