Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory
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Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory

Volume 8

  1. 321 pages
  2. English
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Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory

Volume 8

About this book

Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 8 is a collection of papers that discusses postprocessual archaeology, bone technology, and tree-ring dating in Eastern North America. One paper discriminates between the process and norm, and eliminates the dichotomy by locating human agency and the active. It focuses on monitoring individuals as being in the center of social theory. Another paper discuses the physical model and the textual model that describe the basic components of an archaeological record. For example, the first model implies that archaeological inferences move from material components of the record to material phenomena in the past. The second model assumes that archaeological inference should move from material phenomena to mental phenomena, from material symbols to the ideas and beliefs they encode. Another paper explains the use of analogy as a useful tool in archaeological considerations. One paper investigates bones as a material for study, including the analysis of carnivore-induced fractures or hominid-induced modifications from using bones as tools. The collection is suitable for sociologists, anthropologist, professional or amateur archaeologists, and museum curators studying archaeological artifacts.

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Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780120031085
eBook ISBN
9781483214832

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Contents of Previous Volumes
  7. Chapter 1. Postprocessual Archaeology
  8. Chapter 2. Is There an Archaeological Record?
  9. Chapter 3. The Reaction against Analogy
  10. Chapter 4. The Archaeological Record on Sedentariness: Recognition,Development, and Implications
  11. Chapter 5. Current Developments in Bone Technology
  12. Chapter 6. Form, Content, and Function:Theory and Method in North American Rock Art Studies
  13. Chapter 7. The Potential for Archaeological Tree-Ring Dating in Eastern North America
  14. Index

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