Reader in Archaeological Theory
Post-Processual and Cognitive Approaches
Price: $44.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-14160-4
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 2nd April 1998
- Pages: 368
- Illustrations: 16 line figures
About the Book
This Reader in Archaeological Theory presents sixteen articles of key theoretical significance, in a format which makes this notoriously complex area easier for students to understand.This volume:
* provides an intellectual history of different approaches to archaeology which contextualizes the complex traditions of cognitive archaeology and postprocessualism on which it focuses
* organizes theories of archaeology, the meanings of things, the prehistoric mind and cognition, gender, ideology and social theory and archaeology's relationship to today's society and politics
* includes lucid section introductions to each section which provide context, explain why the papers are so significant and summarize their key points
* emphasizes research from the 'New World', making archaeological theory especially relevant and accessible to students in North America.