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9780874807646

Essential Tensions in Archaeological Method and Theory

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    9780874807646

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    0874807646

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-06
  • Publisher: Univ of Utah Pr

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One size does not fit all in archaeology Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry James M. Skibo, series editor ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY, SOME SAY, seems to have fragmented into a thousand fundamentalisms. By working on a broader set of empirical issues than ever before, archaeologists are indeed applying and refining a variety of perspectives. Yet the editors of this volume make a case that it is appropriate for archaeologists to use a logical variety of theoretical structures to answer different kinds of questions, combining approaches as necessary. In that spirit of plurality, contributors to this volume identify an important theoretical or methodological problem and present an argument regarding its solution. They also provide a critical evaluation of the current state of archaeological method and theory, illustrating that such recurrent issues as the role of agency and the importance of social considerations in the formation of archaeological research dominate current theoretical development. By presenting both the range of important questions and a variety of a

Table of Contents

List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Introduction: Method, Theory, and the Essential Tension 1(4)
CHRISTINE S. VANPOOL AND TODD L. VANPOOL
1. Archaeology as a Discontinuous Domain 5(6)
IAN HODDER
2. Archaeology and the Problems of Men 11(6)
DEAN J. SAITTA
3. The Origins of Questions in Historical Archaeology 17(6)
MARK LEONE
4. Rethinking Style in Archaeology 23(18)
JERIMY J. CUNNINGHAM
5. Materiality and the Immaterial in Historical-Processual Archaeology 41(14)
TIMOTHY R. PAUKETAT
6. Back to Basics: The Middle-Range Program as Pragmatic Archaeology 55(12)
PHILIP J. ARNOLD III
7. Biological Evolutionary Theory and Individual Decision-Making 67(22)
JOHN KANTNER
8. Agency and Evolution: The Role of Intended and Unintended Consequences of Action 89(26)
TODD L. VANPOOL AND CHRISTINE S. VANPOOL
9. Resolving Phylogeny: Evolutionary Archaeology's Fundamental Issue 115(22)
MICHAEL J. O'BRIEN AND R. LEE LYMAN
10. Does Americanist Archaeology Have a Future? 137(6)
PATTY JO WATSON
11. Essential Tensions 143(10)
ROBERT D. LEONARD
References Cited 153(38)
Contributors 191(2)
Index 193

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