This collection of original articles compares various key archaeological topics—agency, violence, social groups, diffusion—from evolutionary and interpretive perspectives. These two strands represent the major current theoretical poles in the discipline. By comparing and contrasting the insights they provide into major archaeological themes, this volume demonstrates the importance of theoretical frameworks in archaeological interpretations. Chapter authors discuss relevant Darwinian or interpretive theory with short archaeological and anthropological case studies to illustrate the substantive conclusions produced. The book will advance debate and contribute to a better understanding of the goals and research strategies that comprise these distinct research traditions.
Edited by:
Ethan Cochrane,
Andrew Gardner
Imprint: Left Coast Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9781598744279
ISBN 10: 1598744275
Series: UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 June 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
one: Evolutionary and Interpretive Archaeologies; 1: Theoretical Concerns; two: Units of Transmission in Evolutionary Archaeology and the Role of Memetics; three: Action and Structure in Interpretive Archaeologies; four: ‘Style versus Function' 30 Years On; five: Intentionality Matters; 2: Contexts of Study; six: Interpretive Archaeologies, Violence and Evolutionary Approaches; seven: Violence and Conflict; eight: Tribes, Peoples, Ethnicity; nine: Cultural Selection, Drift and Ceramic Diversity at Bo?azköy-Hattusa; ten: Cultural and Biological Approaches to the Body in Archaeology; eleven: Missing Links; twelve: The Ambiguity of Landscape; 3: Future Directions; thirteen: Contrasts and Conflicts in Anthropology and Archaeology; fourteen: A Visit to Down House; fifteen: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Goals of Archaeology
