Handbook of Archaeological Theories

by Bentley, R. Alexander; Maschner, Herbert D. G.; Chippindale, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780759100329
• ISBN10: 0759100322
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-15
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This handbook gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists to compile the latest thinking about archaeological theory.

Table of Contents

Introduction: On Archaeological Theories	p. 1
Research Paradigms
Culture History: A Culture-Historical Approach	p. 11
Processualism and After	p. 29
Ecology in Archaeology	p. 39
Classical Art and the Grand Tour	p. 57
Marxism	p. 73
Agency	p. 95
Darwinian Archaeologies	p. 109
Post-Processual Archaeology and After	p. 133
Ideas from Neighboring Disciplines
History and Continental Approaches	p. 147
Latin American Archaeology in History and Practice	p. 165
Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology: Theoretical Dialogues	p. 187
Evolutionary Biological Methods and Cultural Data	p. 203
Archaeology and the Origins of Language Families	p. 225
Complexity Theory	p. 245
Research Concerns
Simulating Society	p. 273
Mind	p. 283
Materiality	p. 297
Ethnicity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodological Implications	p. 321
Gender	p. 335
Philosophy in Archaeology	p. 351
Contexts of Archaeological Study
Cultural Resource Management	p. 375
Archaeology and Society	p. 395
Archaeological Ethics in Context and Practice	p. 409
Toward a Postcolonial Archaeology of Indigenous Australia	p. 423
Theory into Practice
Hunters and Gatherers	p. 447
The Origins and Spread of Agriculture	p. 467
The Archaeology of Rank	p. 487
Chiefdoms	p. 515
The Rise of the State	p. 533
Religion	p. 547
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