Investigating Archaeological Cultures

Material Culture, Variability, and Transmission

AvBenjamin W. Roberts,Marc Vander Linden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Any thorough study of a particular culture first has to determine what that culture contains-- what particular time period, geographic region, and group of people make up that culture.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-06-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 30 mm
Vikt:724 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:393
Upplaga:2011
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781441969699

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"This excellent volume... more than archives its stated aim of 're-igniting the debate concerning the analysis of archaeological cultures'... this thought-provoking volume contains a broad range of interesting ideas and case studies" (Stephen Shennan, European Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 16, 2013)

Innehållsförteckning

Historiography.- Culture History in Britain.- Kulturkreislehre: Central European Approach to Culture History.- Cultural History in Russia.- Cultural History in North America.- Culture in the Lower Paleolithic.- Palaeo-cultures, Techno-modes, and techno-facies.- Cultures, Techno-complexes, and Metallurgical Provinces.- Technology and Culture Contact Across Southern Iran.- Creating Communities.- Archaeological Cultures in the Caucasus and Steppe during the Bronze Age.- Cultural Complexity and Bronze Age Institutions.- Culture of Humanity and its Transformation in European Prehistory.- Pottery traditions, Social Affiliation, and Linguistic Groupings in Africa.- Evolutionary Archaeological Definition of Culture.- Prehistoric Archaeological Culture.- Archaeological Cultures and the Spread of the Neolithic in the Near East.- Origins and Early Dispersals of the Austronesian Speaking Peoples.- Material Culture, Agriculture, and Linguistics in Peru during the Middle Horizon Period.- Conclusions and Future Directions.