Foundations of Social Archaeology

by Patterson, Thomas C.; Orser, Charles E., Jr.; Childe, V. Gordon

• ISBN13: 9780759105928
• ISBN10: 0759105928
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Altamira Pr

Summary

For the first time, a diverse collection of Childe's writings have been brought together in one volume. These fourteen essays, from his earliest seminal work in 1935 to his reflective essay Retrospect written in 1958 shortly before his death, document the progression of this dynamic thinker. Thomas Patterson and Charles Orser places Childe's work in a larger context and explores Childe's ongoing value to modern readers. This volume will be of interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians of social archaeology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction V. Gordon Childe and the Foundations of Social Archaeology	1	(24)
Changing Methods and Aims in Prehistory	25	(20)
Archaeology as a Science	45	(2)
Archaeological Ages as Technological Stages: Huxley Memorial Lecture for 1944	47	(24)
Archaeology and Anthropology	71	(10)
Archaeology as a Social Science: Inaugural Lecture	81	(10)
History	91	(10)
Organic and Social Evolution	101	(6)
The Urban Revolution	107	(10)
Old World Prehistory: Neolithic	117	(22)
The Constitution of Archaeology as a Science	139	(16)
Early Forms of Society	155	(16)
The Evolution of Society	171	(6)
The Bronze Age	177	(14)
Retrospect	191	(8)
Index	199	(12)
About the Editors	211