Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry – serie
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Behavioral Archaeology
Häftad, 2002
264 kr
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Behavioral archaeology is an emerging branch of anthropology emphasizing the study of relationships between human behavior and artifacts (material culture) in all times and places. As such, it aspires to make contributions beyond the confines of archaeology to other behavioral sciences and to …
Archaeology of Meaningful Places
Av Maria Nieves Zedeno, Brenda J. Bowser
Häftad, 2009
395 kr
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In the broadest sense this book is concerned with describing and explaining how particular places contain the key elements necessary for understanding the social worlds constructed, maintained, and modified by those who once inhabited them. This is achieved through the investigation of …
Living with Pottery
Ethnoarchaeology Among the Gamo of Southwest Ethiopia
Av John Arthur, Mauricio Mixco
Häftad, 2007
280 kr
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Although plastic and metal vessels offer significant advantages and have almost universally supplanted ceramics throughout the world, pottery fragments are one of the most ubiquitous artifacts in the archaeological record.The southwestern region of Ethiopia is one of the few places in the world …
Ancient Complexities
New Perspectives in Pre-Columbian North America
Inbunden, 2010
237 kr
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Edited by Susan M. Alt Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry Jim Skibo, Series Editor Anthropology and Archaeology Many archaeologists have long been frustrated with the traditional, reductionist representation of complexity. Yet, even after years of debate, there seem to be never ending …
Pottery Ethnoarchaeology in the Michoacán Sierra
Häftad, 2018
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Although most ceramic studies describe vessel production and use, the causes and rates of pottery discard are often neglected in archaeological studies. Michael Shott presents analytical methods for determining pottery use life and demonstrates why use life should not be overlooked. Over a …
Pottery and People
Häftad, 1999
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This volume emphasizes the complex interactions between ceramic containers and people in past and present contexts. Pottery, once it appears in the archaeological record, is one of the most routinely recovered artifacts. It is made frequently, broken often, and comes in endless varieties according …
Material Meanings
Häftad, 1999
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Material Meanings focuses on the social context in which things are produced and in which they are given meaning.With firm roots in antiquarianism, archaeology began as the study and collection of things. Even today objects take center stage in many areas of archaeological inquiry. But the past few …
Archaeology Beyond Dialogue
Av Ian Hodder
Häftad, 2004
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How do global trends affect our view of the past?World trends such as tourism, diaspora, and media globalization have led to new forms of relationship with the past. Yet these global processes also threaten to silence local or alternate claims to that past. How should archaeologists respond to this …
Craft Production in Complex Societies
Multicraft and Producer Perspectives
Häftad, 2007
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The study of craft production is a complex and challenging one that illuminates key aspects of the material, organizational, and ideological interests, values, and capacities of a given culture.Many crafts are treated as separate, but are actually practiced concurrently and in close proximity to …
Archaeological Concepts for the Study of the Cultural Past
Av Alan Sullivan III, Reid Neilson
Häftad, 2008
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Archaeological Concepts for the Study of the Cultural Past
Inbunden, 2008
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One idiosyncrasy of archaeology in North America is that it is considered a sub-field of cultural anthropology. To explore the dimensions of this situation, editor Alan P. Sullivan assembled a group of practicing archaeologists, each with different expertise, to analyze problems with the current …
Invisible Citizens
Captives and Their Consequences
Häftad, 2009
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Throughout history, warfare and raiding forced captives from one society into another, forming an almost invisible stratum of many people without kin and largely outside the social systems in which they lived. Invisible Citizens explores the profound effects this mingling of societies and customs …
Ancient Human Migrations
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Häftad, 2009
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The study of human migration is integral to the understanding of essential features of human experience. Many ancient civilizations were created and modified through migrations, and migrations of later periods gave rise to the modern ethnic map of the world, affecting ideology, economy and …
Studying Technological Change
A Behavioral Approach
Häftad, 2011
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Studying Technological Change synthesizes nearly four decades of research by Michael Brian Schiffer, a cofounder of the field of behavioral archaeology. This new book asks historical and scientific questions about the interaction of people with artifacts during all times and in all places. The book …
Explorations in Behavioral Archaeology
Av William H. Walker, James M. Skibo m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
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Behavioral archaeology, defined as the study of people-object interactions in all times and places, emerged in the 1970s, in large part because of the innovative work of Michael Schiffer and colleagues. This volume provides an overview of how behavioral archaeology has evolved and how it has …
Strong Case Approach in Behavioral Archaeology
Av Michael Brian Schiffer, Charles Riggs m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
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Although all archaeologists subscribe in principle to building strong cases in support of their inferences, behavioural archaeology alone has created methodology for developing strong cases in practice. The behavioural version of the strong case approach rests on two main pillars: (1) nomothetic …
