Behavioral archaeology : principles and practice

Behavioral archaeology offers a way of examining the past by highlighting human engagement with the material culture of the time. Behavioral Archaeology: Principles and Practice, offers a broad overview of the methods and theories used in this approach to archaeology. Opening with an overview of the...

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Autor principal: Schiffer, Michael B. (Michael Brian), 1947-
Otros Autores: Hollenback, Kacy L. (autora), Skibo, James M. (autor), Walker, William H., 1964- (autor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:inglés
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  • Origins and the four strategies of behavioral archaeology
  • Conceptual foundations
  • Archaeological inference
  • Cultural formation processes
  • Noncultural (environmental) formation processes
  • Identifying formation processes
  • Building chronologies : a Hohokam case study
  • The archaeological process
  • Research on technology : history and overview
  • Studying technological change / with James M. Skibo
  • Ceramic surface treatments and cooking pot performance
  • Folk theories and scientific theories : the case of the early electric automobile
  • Long-term technological competitions
  • Technological differentiation
  • Differential adoption and the electric lighthouse
  • The cascade model of invention processes
  • The "new" behavioral archaeology
  • Ritual and religion / Kacy L. Hollenback
  • A behavioral theory of meaning / with the assistance of Andrea R. Miller
  • The materiality of social power / with William H. Walker
  • Landscapes / Kacy L. Hollenback.