Controversies in archaeology

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Offers to introductory students a method of evaluating and assessing these claims about the past in this reader-friendly, concise text. She shows how to use the methods of science to challenge the legitimacy of pseudoscientific proclamations and develop reasonable interpretations on controversial issues.

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Full title :Controversies in archaeology / Alice Beck Kehoe.

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Publication Date:©2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Left Coast Press
Place of Publication:Walnut Creek, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

Description:256 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781598740615, 159874061X, 9781598740622, 1598740628
oclc:ocn183262276
LC Classification:CC175
Dewey Decimal:930.1

The past is today -- Scientific method -- Popular archaeology -- America's first nations and archaeology -- Finding diversity -- Religion and archaeology -- "Diffusion" versus independent invention -- What people before us could do : earlier technologies -- Neandertals, farmers, warriors, and cannibals : bringing in biological data -- Competing theories of cultural development.

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Antiquities Archaeology Archaeology -- Case studies Archaeology -- Methodology Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects Archaeology -- Social aspects Archäologie Archéologie -- Aspect moral Archéologie -- Aspect social Archéologie -- Études de cas Archéologie -- Méthodologie Case studies Kontroverse Methode Prehistoric peoples Social archaeology Theorie