Contents:Preface: The Contradictions of Theory. 1. Common Sense is Not Enough. 2. The ‘New Archaeology’. 3. Archaeology as a Science. 4. Middle-range Theory, Ethnoarchaeology and Material Culture Studies. 5. Culture and Process. 6. Thoughts and Ideologies. 7. Postprocessual and Interpretive Archaeologies. 8. Archaeology, Gender and Identity. 9. Archaeology and Cultural Evolution. 10. Archaeology and Darwinian Evolution. 11. Archaeology and History. 12. Archaeology, Politics and Culture. 13. Conclusion: The Future of Theory
It is important to be clear as to whether a theory such as evolutionary archaeology pertains to bio...
The epistemic basis of knowledge creation has long been a subject of interest in archaeology and one...
This paper examines the division that has grown up in contemporary archaeology between practical and...
Contents:Preface: The contradictions of theory; common sense is not enough; The 'new archaeology'; A...
This volume assesses the real achievements of archaeology in increasing an understanding of the past...
In this paper I want to make some general comments on the state of archaeological theory today. I ar...
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction: A Review Of Contemporary Theoretical Debates In Archaeology Ian Ho...
What is archaeology? A research field dealing with monuments? A science? A branch of philosophy? Dzb...
From the inception of academic archaeology, the position of theory in the discipline has been marked...
Anthropology and archaeology have much more in common than might be expected from a rapid look at cu...
A new generation of archaeologists has thrown down a challenge to post-processual theory, arguing th...
The goal of archaeology can be traditionally defined as 'the systematic study of antiquities as a me...
International audienceOver the past 25 years, archaeologists have shifted from rejecting and trivial...
Contents 1. The archaeology of ‘two cultures’; 2. Science as culture: creating interpretative networ...
Due to the diversity of contemporary archaeology, the aims and approaches of archaeological scientis...
It is important to be clear as to whether a theory such as evolutionary archaeology pertains to bio...
The epistemic basis of knowledge creation has long been a subject of interest in archaeology and one...
This paper examines the division that has grown up in contemporary archaeology between practical and...
Contents:Preface: The contradictions of theory; common sense is not enough; The 'new archaeology'; A...
This volume assesses the real achievements of archaeology in increasing an understanding of the past...
In this paper I want to make some general comments on the state of archaeological theory today. I ar...
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction: A Review Of Contemporary Theoretical Debates In Archaeology Ian Ho...
What is archaeology? A research field dealing with monuments? A science? A branch of philosophy? Dzb...
From the inception of academic archaeology, the position of theory in the discipline has been marked...
Anthropology and archaeology have much more in common than might be expected from a rapid look at cu...
A new generation of archaeologists has thrown down a challenge to post-processual theory, arguing th...
The goal of archaeology can be traditionally defined as 'the systematic study of antiquities as a me...
International audienceOver the past 25 years, archaeologists have shifted from rejecting and trivial...
Contents 1. The archaeology of ‘two cultures’; 2. Science as culture: creating interpretative networ...
Due to the diversity of contemporary archaeology, the aims and approaches of archaeological scientis...
It is important to be clear as to whether a theory such as evolutionary archaeology pertains to bio...
The epistemic basis of knowledge creation has long been a subject of interest in archaeology and one...
This paper examines the division that has grown up in contemporary archaeology between practical and...