Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 293 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
The problem -- Processual and systems approaches -- Structuralist, post-structuralist and semiotic archaeologies -- Marxism and ideology -- Agency and practice -- Embodied archaeology -- Archaeology and history -- Contextual archaeology -- Post-processual archaeology -- Archaeology as archaeology |
Summary |
In 'Reading the Past', the authors argue that archaeologists must bring to bear a variety of perspectives in the task of constructing meaning from the past. This third edition includes new material on feminist archaeology, historical approaches such as cultural history, and theories of discourse and signs |
Analysis |
Archaeology - Philosophy |
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Archaeology - Methodology |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-283) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Archaeology -- Philosophy.
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Archaeology -- Methodology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Archaeology -- Methodology
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Archaeology -- Philosophy
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Archäologie
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Methode
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Philosophie
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Theorie
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Archeologen.
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Methodologie.
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Filosofische aspecten.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Hutson, Scott
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ISBN |
051107851X |
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9780511078514 |
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9780511814211 |
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0511814216 |
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0511562136 |
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9780511562136 |
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9780511205828 |
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0511205821 |
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0511076940 |
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9780511076947 |
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