Time and Archaeology
Published on 23. September 1999
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-415-11762-3 (ISBN)
Description
The concept of time is salient to all human affairs and can be understood in a variety of different ways. This pioneering collection is the first comprehensive survey of time and archaeology. It includes chapters from a broad, international range of contributors, which combine theoretical and empirical material. They illustrate and explore the diversity of archaeological approaches to time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-11762-3 (9780415117623)
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Tim Murray is Professor of Archaeology at LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Content
Preface Introduction 1 A return to the 'Pompeii premise' 2 Indian and other concepts of time: a holistic framework 3 Puranic time and the archaeological record 4 German Romantic chronology and its impact on the interpretation of prehistory 5 Keeping industrial time 6 Developing an Indian stone age chronology 7 Appraising the urban future: an archaeological time Perspective 8 The Hochdorf 'princely' grave and the question of the nature of archaeological funerary assemblages 9 The times of history: archaeology, narrative and non-linear causality