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Thinking from things : essays in the philosophy of archaeology / Alison Wylie.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wylie, Alison.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeology--Philosophy.
- Archaeology.
- Archaeology--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this long-awaited compendium of new and newly revised essays, Alison Wylie explores how archaeologists know what they know. Examining the history and methodology of Anglo-American archaeology, Wylie puts the tumultuous debates of the last thirty years in historical and philosophical perspective.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One. Introduction
- Part Two. How New Is the New Archaeology, and Other Historical Essays
- Part Three. Interpretive Dilemmas
- Part Four. On Being "Empirical" but Not "Narrowly Empiricist"
- Part Five. Issues of Accountability
- Notes
- References Cited
- Names Index
- Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-322) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786612359446
- 9780520935402
- 0520935403
- 9781597349512
- 1597349518
- 9781282359444
- 1282359444
- OCLC:
- 475928858
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