Anthropology and Archaeology A Changing Relationship

Name: Anthropology and Archaeology A Changing Relationship
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ISBN: 9780415162500

ISBN-10: 0415162505

ISBN-13: 9780415162500

Edition: 1999

Authors: Chris Gosden

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This book covers the historical relationship and contemporary interests of archaeology and anthropology, providing a much-needed introduction to the theories and methods of these interrelated subjects. Taking a broad historical approach, Chris Gosden examines the development of the disciplines during the colonial period and shows how the subjects are linked through their interest in kinship, economics and symbolism. The book goes on to discuss what each discipline contributes to debates about gender, material culture and globalism in the post-colonial world.Archaeology and Anthropologyoffers a unique and necessary survey of how these two fields inform and enrich each other's perspective on…

Book details

List price: $48.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/11/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Plates


List of Tables and Figures


Preface


Acknowledgements



Anthropological Archaeology and archaeological Anthropology



Histories



Colonial Origins



Instituting Archaeology and Anthropology: the Role of Fieldwork



Evolutionary, Social and Cultural Anthropology



The Post-War Picture: Neo-Evolution, Marxism and Structuralism






Bodily Identities: Gender, Sexuality and Practice



Material Anthropolgy: Landscape, Material Culture and History



Globalism, Ethnicity and Post-Colonialism


Bibliography


Index