Archaeology As A Process
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Archaeology As A Process
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Author : Michael John O'Brien
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Archaeology As A Process written by Michael John O'Brien and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Archaeology categories.
The publication in 1962 of Lew Binford's paper Archaeology as Anthropology is generally considered to mark the birth of processualism - a critical turning point in American archaeology. In the hands of Binford and other young University of Chicago graduates of the 1960s, this new archaeology became the mainstream approach in the U.S. The realignment that the processualists proposed was so thorough that its effects are still being felt. Predictably, processualism also spun off a number of other isms , several of which grew up to challenge its supremacy. Archaeology as a Process traces the intellectual history of Americanist archaeology in terms of the research groups that were at the forefront of these various approaches, concentrating as much on the archaeologists as it does on method and theory, thus setting it apart from other treatments published in the last fifteen years. Peppered with rare photographs of well-known archaeologists in some interesting settings, the book documents the swirl and excitement of archaeological controversy for the past forty years with over 1,600 references and an in-depth treatment of all the major intellectual approaches. In the process, the contributors examine how archaeology is conducted - the ins and outs of how various groups work to promote themselves - and how personal ambition and animosities can function to further rather than to retard the development of the discipline.
The Archaeological Process
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Author : Ian Hodder
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1999-03-22
The Archaeological Process written by Ian Hodder and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-22 with Social Science categories.
This provocative introduction examines the most important new school of archaeological thought and practice to have emerged over the last two decades and provides students with an assessment of the impact and importance of recent theoretical debates.
The Archaeological Process
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Author : Ian Hodder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Archaeological Process written by Ian Hodder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Archaeology categories.
Processual Archaeology
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Author : Amber Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2004-11-30
Processual Archaeology written by Amber Johnson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-30 with Social Science categories.
Processual archaeologists seek to explain variability in the static archaeological record we observe in the present as a necessary first step toward learning how to learn about the operation of cultural dynamics in the past. The approach is a diverse and productive one that focuses on developing learning strategies. Researchers pursuing processual archaeology have already discovered a great deal about the archaeological record and about past dynamics, and there is a huge potential for building on the foundation laid thus far. The contributors to this volume provide clearly written research articles that are easily accessible to upper-level undergraduates and professional archaeologists. Although the papers do not focus on a single region, time period, or domain of observation (e.g. settlement patterns or lithics or site structure), they are integrated by shared goals for archaeology. This book clearly demonstrates that processual archaeology, far from having been replaced by post-processual archaeology, is becoming more and more powerful as our analytic sophistication and knowledge of the archaeological record grow.
Building On The Past
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Author : G. McGill
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2003-09-02
Building On The Past written by G. McGill and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Architecture categories.
This comprehensive guide provides planners, developers, architects and archaeologists with an analysis of the conflicts between the archaeological development and planning processes. It takes a pragmatic approach to the effects of archaeology on development, enabling practitioners to reach practical solutions where archaeological considerations are taken into account in the development process.
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record
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Author : Michael B. Schiffer
language : en
Publisher: Me-Int
Release Date : 1996
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record written by Michael B. Schiffer and has been published by Me-Int this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Social Science categories.
Synthesizes the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes for both students and practicing archaeologists.
Time Process And Structured Transformation In Archaeology
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Author : James McGlade
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-16
Time Process And Structured Transformation In Archaeology written by James McGlade and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-16 with Social Science categories.
In a discipline which essentially studies how modern man came to be, it is remarkable that there are hardly any conceptual tools to describe change. This is due to the history of the western intellectual and scientific tradition, which for a long time favoured mechanics over dynamics, and the study of stability over that of change. Change was primarily deemed due to external events (in archaeology mainly climatic or 'environmental'). Revolutionary innovations in the natural and life sciences, often (erroneously) referred to as 'chaos theory', suggest that there are ways to overcome this problem. A wide range of processes can be described in terms of dynamic systems, and modern computing methods enable us to investigate many of their properties. This volume presents a cogent argument for the use of such approaches, and a discussion of a number of its aspects by a range of scientists from the humanities, social and natural sciences, and archaeology.
Hunter Gatherer Archaeology As Historical Process
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Author : Kenneth E. Sassaman
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2011-04-15
Hunter Gatherer Archaeology As Historical Process written by Kenneth E. Sassaman and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-15 with Social Science categories.
Papers from a seminar held in 2008 at the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon, Ariz.
Formation Processes In Archaeological Context
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Author : Paul Goldberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Formation Processes In Archaeological Context written by Paul Goldberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Science categories.
Archaeological Theory
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Author : Norman Yoffee
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-07-22
Archaeological Theory written by Norman Yoffee and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-07-22 with Social Science categories.
This volume assesses the real achievements of archaeology in increasing an understanding of the past. Without rejecting the insights either of traditional or more recent approaches, it considers the issues raised in current claims and controversies about what is appropriate theory for archaeology. The first section looks at the process of theory building and at the sources of the ideas employed. The following studies examine questions such as the interplay between expectation and evidence in ideas of human origins, social role and material practice in the formation of the archaeological record, and how the rise of states should be conceptualised; further papers cover issues of ethnoarchaeology, visual symbols, and conflicting claims to ownership of the past. The conclusion is that archaeologists need to be equally wary of naive positivism in the guise of scientific procedure, and of speculation about the unrecorded intentions of prehistoric actors.