Analytical Archaeology
This study was well-established as a pioneer work on archaeological methodology, the theoretical basis of all archaeological analysis whatever the period or era. The first edition of the book presented and evaluated the radical changes in methodology which derived from developments in other disciplines, such as cybernetics, computer science and geography, during the 1950s and '60s. It argued that archaeology was a coherent discipline with its own methods and procedures and attempted to define t…
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This study was well-established as a pioneer work on archaeological methodology, the theoretical basis of all archaeological analysis whatever the period or era. The first edition of the book presented and evaluated the radical changes in methodology which derived from developments in other disciplines, such as cybernetics, computer science and geography, during the 1950s and '60s. It argued that archaeology was a coherent discipline with its own methods and procedures and attempted to define the entities (attributes, artefacts, types, assemblages, cultures and culture groups) rigorously and c
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- Publication Date:2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Hoboken
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
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The Physical Object
- Description:Online-Ressource (551 Seiten)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781138812956, 1138812951
- oclc:on1020497389
- LC Classification:CC75 .C535 2014
- Dewey Decimal:930.1
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword to the revised edition; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and polemic; I The history of archaeology; II The nature of archaeology; III The nature of archaeological data; IV The aims of archaeology; V Terminology, definition and meaning; VI Models; 2 Culture systems -- the model; I Systems theory, an outline; II A tentative general model; III Discussion; 3 Cultural morphology and cultural ecology -- the setting; I The nature of cultural systems.
II Culture as an information systemIII Culture as a system with subsystems; IV Environment as a system with subsystems; 4 Material culture systems -- attribute and artefact; I Introduction; II Attribute and artefact systems; III Phase pattern regularities; IV Time pattern regularities; V System pattern regularities; 5 Artefact and type; I Introduction; II Artefact-type systems; III Phase pattern regularities; IV Time pattern regularities; V System pattern regularities; 6 Assemblage and culture; I Introduction; II Cultural assemblage systems; III Phase pattern regularities.
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