Reading the Past
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Book Overview
This is a completely revised edition of Ian Hodder's controversial textbook first published in 1986. The mainstream archaeology of the seventies, 'processual archaeology', modelled itself on the natural sciences. It has been challenged in recent years by a 'post-processual' archaeology which draws upon the wider perspectives of history and social anthropology, insisting that account must be taken of the context and meaning of behaviour, and that the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:052133960X
ISBN13:9780521339605
Release Date:December 1986
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"
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A tremendous book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Reading the past is Hodders first book where he explicitly descibes the new post-processual archaeology and give critics about the processual (and other) approach. Truly a paradigm-shift, this book is the first book that covers the basic ideas of post-processualism...
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