Evolutionary and Interpretive Archaeologies
A Dialogue
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2011
Book
Hardback
361 pages
978-1-59874-426-2 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of original articles compares various key archaeological topics-agency, violence, social groups, diffusion-from evolutionary and interpretive perspectives. These two strands represent the major current theoretical poles in the discipline. By comparing and contrasting the insights they provide into major archaeological themes, this volume demonstrates the importance of theoretical frameworks in archaeological interpretations. Chapter authors discuss relevant Darwinian or interpretive theory with short archaeological and anthropological case studies to illustrate the substantive conclusions produced. The book will advance debate and contribute to a better understanding of the goals and research strategies that comprise these distinct research traditions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Walnut Creek
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
725 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59874-426-2 (9781598744262)
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Persons
Andrew Gardner is lecturer in Roman Archaeology at University College London and author of the forthcoming An Archaeology of Identity: soldiers and society in late Roman Britain (Left Coast 2007)
Content
one: Evolutionary and Interpretive Archaeologies; 1: Theoretical Concerns; two: Units of Transmission in Evolutionary Archaeology and the Role of Memetics; three: Action and Structure in Interpretive Archaeologies; four: 'Style versus Function' 30 Years On; five: Intentionality Matters; 2: Contexts of Study; six: Interpretive Archaeologies, Violence and Evolutionary Approaches; seven: Violence and Conflict; eight: Tribes, Peoples, Ethnicity; nine: Cultural Selection, Drift and Ceramic Diversity at Bo?azkoey-Hattusa; ten: Cultural and Biological Approaches to the Body in Archaeology; eleven: Missing Links; twelve: The Ambiguity of Landscape; 3: Future Directions; thirteen: Contrasts and Conflicts in Anthropology and Archaeology; fourteen: A Visit to Down House; fifteen: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Goals of Archaeology