Evolutionary and Interpretive Archaeologies

A Dialogue

Ethan Cochrane, Andrew Gardner (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

361 Seiten

2011
Left Coast Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-59874-426-2 (ISBN)

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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.

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)

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?azköy-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

Reihe/Serie	UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications
Verlagsort	Walnut Creek
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	725 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
ISBN-10	1-59874-426-7 / 1598744267
ISBN-13	978-1-59874-426-2 / 9781598744262
Zustand	Neuware