Archaeological Theory: An Introduction - Softcover

Johnson, Matthew

 
9781405100151: Archaeological Theory: An Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 140510015X ISBN 13: 9781405100151
Verlag: Wiley & Sons, 2010

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Archaeological Theory, 2 nd Edition is the most current and comprehensive introduction to the field available. Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text offers students an ideal entry point to the major concepts and ongoing debates in archaeological research.

New edition of a popular introductory text that explores the increasing diversity of approaches to archaeological theory
Features more extended coverage of traditional or culture-historical archaeology
Examines theory across the English-speaking world and beyond
Offers greatly expanded coverage of evolutionary theory, divided into sociocultural and Darwinist approaches
Includes an expanded glossary, bibliography, and useful suggestions for further readings

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Matthew Johnson is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. He has taught at the University of Sheffield, St. David's University College, Lampeter, and at Durham University. His previous books include Housing Culture: Traditional Architecture in an English Landscape (1993), An Archaeology of Capitalism (1996, Blackwell), and Ideas Of Landscape (2006, Blackwell).

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Archaeological Theory, 2nd Edition is the most current and comprehensive introduction to the field available. Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text offers students an ideal entry point to the major concepts and ongoing debates in archaeological research.

Exploring the many ways of approaching the human past, from positivism to post-modernism, Johnson reveals the historical origins of different schools of thought and sets theories against the practical problems they are intended to solve, as well as against wider developments in other disciplines.

A lucid and concise guide to the most updated thinking and terminology in the field, Archaeological Theory, 2nd Edition remains an invaluable resource for students and archaeologists of all stripes. 

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Verlag
Wiley & Sons
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
140510015X
ISBN 13 
9781405100151
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
328
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