Archaeological Theory

by Mathew Johnson (University of Southampton)

• ISBN13: 9780631202967
• ISBN10: 063120296X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This is a lively overview of the major ideas and concepts in archaeological theory.

Author Biography

Mathew Johnson is Professor of Archaeology at Southampton University. He has taught at the University of Durham, University of Sheffield and St David's University College, Lampeter. His previous books include Housing Culture: Traditional Architecture in an English Landscape (1993) and An Archaeology of Capitalism (1996) and he is currently researching late medieval castles in England.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vi
Acknowledgements	viii
Preface: The Contradictions of Theory	x
Common Sense is Not Enough	1	(11)
The `New Archaeology'	12	(22)
Archaeology as a Science	34	(14)
Testing, Middle-range Theory and Ethnoarchaeology	48	(16)
Culture as a System	64	(21)
Looking at Thoughts	85	(13)
Postprocessual and Interpretative Archaeologies	98	(18)
Archaeology and Gender	116	(16)
Archaeology and Evolution	132	(17)
Archaeology and History	149	(13)
Archaeology in a Postmodern World	162	(14)
Conclusion: Conflict and Consensus	176	(12)
Selective Glossary	188	(8)
Further Reading	196	(15)
Bibliography	211	(21)
Index	232