Archaeological Theory Today

Name: Archaeological Theory Today
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ISBN: 9780745622699

ISBN-10: 0745622690

ISBN-13: 9780745622699

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ian Hodder

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This volume provides an authoritative account of the current status of archaeological theory, as presented by some of its major exponents and innovators over the last decade. It summarizes recent developments and looks to the future, exploring some of the cutting-edge ideas at the forefront of the discipline.While few practitioners in theoretical archaeology would still argue for a unified disciplinary approach, few volumes have explored the full range of emerging perspectives. This volume, however, captures the diversity of contemporary archaeological theory. Some authors argue for an approach close to the natural sciences, others for an engagement with cultural debate about representation…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 5/3/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Ian Hodder is Dunlevie Family Professor in the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University. He has been Director of the Catalhoyuk Research Project since 1993.



List of Figures and Tables


List of Contributors


Introduction: A Review of Contemporary Theorectical. Debates in Archaeology


Behavioral Archaeology: Toward a New Synthesis


Evolutionary Archaeology


Archaeological Theory and Theories of Cognitive Evolution


Symbol before Concept: Material Engagement and the Early. Development of Society


Agency, the Duality of Structure, and the Problem of the Archaeological Record


Archaeologies of Place and Landscape


Archaeologies of Identity


American Material Culture in Mind, Thought, and Deed


Postcolonial Archaeology: Issues of Culture, Identity, and.Knowledge


Archaeological Representation: The Visual Conventions for Constructing Knowledge about the Past


Culture/Archaeology: The Dispersion of a Discipline and its Objects


Index