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Behavioral archaeology : principles and practice / Michael Brian Schiffer ; with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and contributions by Kacy L. Hollenback, James M. Skibo and William H. Walker.
Penn Museum Library CC80 .S333 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiffer, Michael B. (Michael Brian), 1947-
- Series:
- Equinox handbooks in anthropological archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeology--Methodology.
- Archaeology.
- Human behavior--History.
- Human behavior.
- Technological innovations--History.
- Technological innovations.
- History.
- Antiquities--Analysis.
- Antiquities.
- Social archaeology.
- Ethnoarchaeology.
- Archaeology and history.
- Environmental archaeology.
- Physical Description:
- x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Oakville [Conn.] : Equinox Pub., 2010.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845532871
- 1845532872
- 9781845532888
- 1845532880
- OCLC:
- 370387727
- Publisher Number:
- 99940212315
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