Experimental Archaeology and Theory
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Experimental Archaeology and Theory

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Experimental Archaeology and Theory

About this book

Experimental Archaeology is a volume which aims to bridge the gap in archaeology between empirical testing and humanistic approaches to understanding the material record. The contributors explore a wide variety of different fields including how a phenomenological methodology can be used to increase our understanding of how a Bronze Age temple was 'experienced' by people in the past; how experimentation in the production of materials such as rawhide, glass and wine-making can be used to test theories or written sources and the possibilities of studying the three-dimensional morphology of Acheulian handaxes to search for possible idiosyncratic indicators during the Lower Palaeolithic. The papers in the volume reflect the continued diversity of work that experimental archaeology is able to produce and show how experimentation can be integrated with theory to substantiate a variety of hypotheses, whether validating information from written sources or testing the inferences of more recent theoretical ideology. Experimental Archaeology will set a new precedent for the role of experimentation in future archaeological research.

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Information

Publisher
Oxbow Books
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781782970057
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Archaeology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Tables
  7. Chapter 1: Introduction
  8. Chapter 2: A Processional but not Processual Approach to Stanydale Neolithic Temple
  9. Chapter 3: Two Different Methods of Rawhide Production and their Suitability to Perform a Variety of Tasks
  10. Chapter 4: An Apprenticeship in Value: the importance of dexterity to the understanding of craft practice and archaeological artefact analysis
  11. Chapter 5: The CELLA VINARIA Project and Archaeological Park (Teià, Maresme, Barcelona): a great experimental archaeology laboratory
  12. Chapter 6: The Enigmatic Handaxe: In search of idiosyncrasies in bifacial technology through three-dimensional form