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Reader in Archaeological Theory

Post-Processual and Cognitive Approaches

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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This Reader in Archaeological Theory presents sixteen articles of key theoretical significance, in a format which makes this notoriously complex area easier for students to understand.This volume:* provides an intellectual history of different approaches to archaeology which contextualizes the complex traditions of cognitive archaeology and postprocessualism on which it focuses* organizes theories of archaeology, the meanings of things, the prehistoric mind and cognition, gender, ideology and social theory and archaeology's relationship to today's society and politics* includes lucid section introductions to each section which provide context, explain why the papers are so significant and summarize their key points* emphasizes research from the 'New World', making archaeological theory especially relevant and accessible to students in North America.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-04-02
Mått156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt612 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Readers in Archaeology
Antal sidor362
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415141598

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Preface, 1 NEW APPROACHES TO OLD PROBLEMS: Archaeology in Search of an Ever Elusive Past PART I: THEORECTICAL VIEWPOINTS 2 COGNITIVE ARCHAEOLOGY 3 SYMBOLIC, STRUCTURAL, AND CRITICAL ARCHAEOLOGY 4 PROCESSUAL, POSTPROCESSUAL AND INTERPRETIVE ARCHAEOLOGIES PART II: MEANINGS OF THINGS 5 SOUND, COLOR AND MEANING IN THE METALLURGY OF ANCIENT WEST MEXICO 6 ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMAGININGS: Contextualization of Images PART III: PREHISTORIC COGNITION 7 FROM DOMAIN SPECIFIC TO GENERALIZED INTELLIGENCE: A Cognitive Interpretation of the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic Transition 8 WRESTLING WITH ANALOGY: A Methodological Dilemma in Upper Palaeolithic Art Research PART IV: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY 9 ANNALISTES, HERMENEUTICS AND POSITIVISTS: Squaring Circles of Dissolving Problems 10 SOCIAL REPRODUCTION OF THE LONGUE DUREE IN THE PREHISTORY OF THE MIDCONTINENTAL UNITED STATES PART V: GENDERING THE PAST 11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE IN THE EASTERN WOODLANDS OF NORTH AMERICA: Women's Role 12 BOYS WILL BE BOYS: Masculinist Approaches to a Gendered Archaeology PART VI: IDEOLOGY AND SOCIAL THEORY 13 BY THE HUNTER, FOR THE GATHERER: Art, Social, Relations and Subsistence Change in the Prehistoric Great Basin 14 ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE PETTY CAPTAINS, THEY OBEY TH EM BADLY: The Dialectics of Prehispanic Western Pueblo Social Organization PART VII: ARCHAEOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 15 ARCHAEOLOGY AS SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTION IN THE PRESENT 16 RETURN OF THE SACRED: Spirituality and the Scientific Imperative, Index