Approach To Archaeology
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Approach To Archaeology
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Author : Stuart Piggott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Approach To Archaeology written by Stuart Piggott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Archaeology categories.
Handbook Of Archaeological Theories
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Author : R. Alexander Bentley
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2008
Handbook Of Archaeological Theories written by R. Alexander Bentley and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.
This handbook gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists to compile the latest thinking about archaeological theory. The authors provide a comprehensive picture of the theoretical foundations by which archaeologists contextualize and analyze their archaeological data. Student readers will also gain a sense of the immense power that theory has for building interpretations of the past, while recognizing the wonderful archaeological traditions that created it. An extensive bibliography is included. This volume is the single most important reference for current information on contemporary archaeological theories.
Approach To Archaeology
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Author : Stuart Piggott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Approach To Archaeology written by Stuart Piggott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
Images Representations And Heritage
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Author : Ian Russell
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-11-24
Images Representations And Heritage written by Ian Russell and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-24 with Social Science categories.
This volume begins a discourse on the implications of performing archaeology in a world dominated by modern trends of mass production, mass replication and representation of cultural forms, and mass consumption of images of the past. The contributors explore the extent to which contemporary consumption of mass-produced replicas, simulations, images and experiences of the past cause a crisis of representation of the past. Eschewing romantic beliefs, it discusses what archaeology can do.
Applying Evolutionary Archaeology
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Author : Michael J. O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-05-08
Applying Evolutionary Archaeology written by Michael J. O'Brien and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-08 with Social Science categories.
Anthropology, and by extension archaeology, has had a long-standing interest in evolution in one or several of its various guises. Pick up any lengthy treatise on humankind written in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the chances are good that the word evolution will appear somewhere in the text. If for some reason the word itself is absent, the odds are excellent that at least the concept of change over time will have a central role in the discussion. After one of the preeminent (and often vilified) social scientists of the nineteenth century, Herbert Spencer, popularized the term in the 1850s, evolution became more or less a household word, usually being used synonymously with change, albeit change over extended periods of time. Later, through the writings of Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, and others, the notion of evolution as it applies to stages of social and political development assumed a prominent position in anthropological disc- sions. To those with only a passing knowledge of American anthropology, it often appears that evolutionism in the early twentieth century went into a decline at the hands of Franz Boas and those of similar outlook, often termed particularists. However, it was not evolutionism that was under attack but rather comparativism— an approach that used the ethnographic present as a key to understanding how and why past peoples lived the way they did (Boas 1896).
People And Things
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Author : James M. Skibo
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-03-07
People And Things written by James M. Skibo and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-07 with Social Science categories.
The study of the human-made world, whether it is called artifacts, material culture, or technology, has burgeoned across the academy. Archaeologists have for cen- ries led the way, and today offer investigators myriad programs and conceptual frameworks for engaging the things, ordinary and extraordinary, of everyday life. This book is an attempt by practitioners of one program – Behavioral Archaeology – to furnish between two covers some of our basic principles, heuristic tools, and illustrative case studies. Our greater purpose, however, is to engage the ideas of two competing programs – agency/practice and evolution – in hopes of initiating a dialog. We are convinced that there is enough overlap in goals, interests, and conceptions among these programs to warrant guarded optimism that a more encompassing, more coherent framework for studying the material world can result from a concerted effort to forge a higher-level synthesis. However, in engaging agency/ practice and evolution in Chap. 2, we are not reticent to point out conflicts between Behavioral Archaeology and these programs. This book will appeal to archaeologists and anthropologists as well as historians, sociologists, and philosophers of technology. Those who study science–technology– society interactions may also encounter useful ideas. Finally, this book is suitable for upper-division and graduate courses on anthropological theory, archaeological theory, and the study of technology.
Essential Tensions In Archaeological Method And Theory
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Author : Todd L. VanPool
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Essential Tensions In Archaeological Method And Theory written by Todd L. VanPool and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Social Science categories.
Archaeological theory, some say, seems to have fragmented into a thousand fundamentalisms. By working on a broader set of empirical issues than ever before, archaeologists are indeed applying and refining a variety of perspectives. Yet the editors of this volume make a case that it is appropriate for archaeologists to use a logical variety of theoretical structures to answer different kinds of questions, combining approaches as necessary. In that spirit of plurality, contributors to this volume identify an important theoretical or methodological problem and present an argument regarding its solution. They also provide a critical evaluation of the current state of archaeological method and theory, illustrating that such recurrent issues as the role of agency and the importance of social considerations in the formation of archaeological research dominate current theoretical development. By presenting both the range of important questions and a variety of answers, this volume contributes to the 'essential tension' that will further the growth of archaeological theory.
Approach To Archaeology
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Author : Stuart Piggott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Approach To Archaeology written by Stuart Piggott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Archaeology categories.
Geoarchaeology
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Author : George Robert Rapp
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Geoarchaeology written by George Robert Rapp and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Science categories.
Considering the history and theory of geoarchaeology, this book discusses soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; and others. It is for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology
Archaeology
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Author : Imma Ollich-Castanyer
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2012-05-09
Archaeology written by Imma Ollich-Castanyer and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-09 with Social Science categories.
The contents of this book show the implementation of new methodologies applied to archaeological sites. Chapters have been grouped in four sections: New Approaches About Archaeological Theory and Methodology; The Use of Geophysics on Archaeological Fieldwork; New Applied Techniques - Improving Material Culture and Experimentation; and Sharing Knowledge - Some Proposals Concerning Heritage and Education. Many different research projects, many different scientists and authors from different countries, many different historical times and periods, but only one objective: working together to increase our knowledge of ancient populations through archaeological work. The proposal of this book is to diffuse new methods and techniques developed by scientists to be used in archaeological works. That is the reason why we have thought that a publication on line is the best way of using new technology for sharing knowledge everywhere. Discovering, sharing knowledge, asking questions about our remote past and origins, are in the basis of humanity, and also are in the basis of archaeology as a science.