Artifacts & ideas : essays in archaeology / Bruce G. Trigger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trigger, Bruce G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Philosophy.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Methodology.

Social archaeology.

Physical Description:

x, 243 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Artifacts and ideas

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

1. Introduction: Understanding the Material Remains of the Past 1

2. Engels on the Part Played by Labor in the Transition from Ape to Man: An Anticipation of Contemporary Archaeological Theory 31

3. Archaeology and the Image of the American Indian 45

4. Alternative Archaeologies: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist 67

5. Archaeology at the Crossroads: What's New? 87

6. Hyperrelativism, Responsibility, and the Social Sciences 113

7. Archaeology and Epistemology: Dialoguing across the Darwinian Chasm 133

8. The Real, the Perceived, and the Imagined 155

9. Imagination and Scientific Curiosity 177

10. The 1990s: North American Archaeology with a Human Face? 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-235) and index.

ISBN:

0765801655

OCLC:

50441368