Interpreting Archaeology

Finding Meaning in the Past
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-07330-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 753 g

This volume provides a forum for debate between varied approaches to the past. The authors, drawn from Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia, represent many different strands of archaeology. They address the philosophical issues involved in interpretation and a desire among archaeologists to come to terms with their own subjective approaches to the material they study, a recognition of how past researchers have also imposed their own value systems on the evidence which they presented.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alexandri, Alexandra

Buchli, Victor

Carman, John

Hodder, Ian

Last, Jonathan

Lucas, Gavin

Shanks, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Philosophical Issues of Interpretation 2. The origins of meaning 3. Interpretation, writing and presenting the past 4. Archaeology and history 5. Material culture Appendix: Further comment on Interpretive Archaeologies Glossary Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alexandra Alexandri, Victor Buchli, John Carman, Ian Odder, Jonathan Last, Gavin Lucas, Michael Shanks