Archaeological Theory: An Introduction

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John Wiley & Sons, Jan 19, 2010 - Social Science - 324 pages
Archaeological Theory, 2nd Edition is the most current and comprehensive introduction to the field available. Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text offers students an ideal entry point to the major concepts and ongoing debates in archaeological research.
  • New edition of a popular introductory text that explores the increasing diversity of approaches to archaeological theory
  • Features more extended coverage of 'traditional' or culture-historical archaeology
  • Examines theory across the English-speaking world and beyond
  • Offers greatly expanded coverage of evolutionary theory, divided into sociocultural and Darwinist approaches
  • Includes an expanded glossary, bibliography, and useful suggestions for further readings
 

Contents

Common Sense is Not Enough
1
The New Archaeology
19
Archaeology as a Science
42
Middlerange Theory Ethnoarchaeology
51
Culture and Process
68
Thoughts and Ideologies
93
Postprocessual and Interpretive Archaeologies
106
Archaeology Gender and Identity
126
Archaeology and Cultural Evolution
151
Archaeology and Darwinian Evolution
170
Archaeology and History
186
Archaeology Politics and Culture
207
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216
Selective Glossary
236
Further Reading
245
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About the author (2010)

Matthew Johnson is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. He has taught at the University of Sheffield, St. David's University College, Lampeter, and at Durham University. His previous books include Housing Culture: Traditional Architecture in an English Landscape (1993), An Archaeology of Capitalism (1996, Blackwell), and Ideas Of Landscape (2006, Blackwell).

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