> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Maikel Kuijpers > Reference:: Kuijpers, Maikel H. G. 2017. __An Archaeology of Skill: Metalworking Skill and Material Specialization in Early Bronze Age Central Europe__. Routledge. > Date:: 2017 > Tags:: #warp/book > WeftLinks:: [[Historical value of craft]] ### Summary Maikel Kuijpers himself learns the bronze-casting techniques practices in the early Bronze Age in order to better understand its civilisation. >My thesis is thus that the intimate understanding of a material, which is inherent to skilful crafting, creates a distinct relationship with the world and the resources in it. Engaging with materials, it is through their senses and skill that people come to understand the properties of those materials. These in turn provide qualities and constraints that shape how they are conceptualised.