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Archaeology beyond postmodernity : a science of the social / Andrew M. Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Andrew M., 1973-
- Series:
- Archaeology in society series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeology--Philosophy.
- Archaeology.
- Archaeology--Methodology.
- Social archaeology--Methodology.
- Social archaeology.
- Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
- Archaeology and history.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
- Summary:
- In the past decade, a new conception of culture has emerged in sociology, out of the ashes of modernism and postmodernism, that has the potential to radically change how we think about cultural objects and groups in archaeology. Archaeology beyond Postmodernity reevaluates current interpretive and methodological tools and adapts them to the new position. Many examples are given from Western and indigenous sciences to illustrate this different understanding of science and culture. In addition, several case studies demonstrate how it can be applied to interpret historic and prehistoric cultures. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Entangled by modernism
- Archaeological use of theories
- Object science
- Group formation, dissent, and change
- A method for analyzing cultural action
- Fragmenting the Bronze Age
- Contestation in the Hopewell.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780759123571
- 0759123578
- OCLC:
- 833300796
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