Constructing Frames of Reference: An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Ethnographic...

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Lewis R. Binford

Constructing Frames of Reference

An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Ethnographic and Environmental...

Lewis R. Binford

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University of California Press
16 June 2001

Archaeological theory; Anthropology

"Many consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the last half-century. His contributions to the ""New Archaeology"" changed the course of the field, as he argued for the development of a scientifically rigorous framework to guide the excavation and interpretation of the archaeological record. This book, the culmination of Binford's intellectual legacy thus far, presents a detailed description of his methodology and its significance for understanding hunter-gatherer cultures on a global basis. This landmark publication will be an important step in understanding the great process of cultural evolution and will change the way archaeology proceeds as a scientific enterprise.

This work provides a major synthesis of an enormous body of

cultural and environmental information and offers many original insights into the past. Binford helped pioneer what is now called ""ethnoarchaeology""-the study of living societies to help explain cultural patterns in the archaeological record-and this book is grounded on a detailed analysis of ethnographic data from about 340 historically known hunter-gatherer populations. The methodological framework based on this data will reshape the paradigms through which we understand human culture for years to come."

By: Lewis R. Binford
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 46mm
Weight: 1.814kg
ISBN: 9780520223936
ISBN 10: 0520223934
Pages: 583
Publication Date: 16 June 2001
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lewis R. Binford is University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He is author of Debating Archaeology (1989), In Pursuit of the Past (1983), and Working at Archaeology (1983), among many other books.

Reviews for Constructing Frames of Reference: An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Ethnographic and Environmental Data Sets

"""This is a landmark work. It provides a major synthesis of a huge body of cultural and environmental information and offers a number of original, provocative insights into hunter-gatherer lifeways. It also provides a methodological framework that should be highly influential for years to come."" - Jeremy A. Sabloff, Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum ""This is a very significant contribution to the field.... Many of the ideas presented in this book were foreshadowed in [Binford's] earlier work, but nowhere have they been developed as fully as they are here."" - James F. O'Connell, author of A Prehistory of Australia, New Guinea, and Sahul"""