Debating archaeology / Lewis R. Binford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Binford, Lewis R. (Lewis Roberts), 1931-2011.

Series:

Studies in archaeology.

Studies in archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (554 p.)

Edition:

Updated paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, the founder of processual archaeology, Lewis R. Binford collects and comments on the twenty-eight substantive papers published in the 1980's, the third in his set of collected papers (also Working at Archaeology and An Archaeological Perspective). This ongoing collection of self-edited papers, together with the extensive and very candid interstitial commentaries, provides an invaluable record of the development of ""The New Archaeology"" and a challenging view into the mind of the man who is certainly the most creative archaeological theorist of our time. A new (2009) for

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface to the Updated Paperback Edition (2009); Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. Much Ado About Nothing; III. Empiricism and Other Problems in Contemporary Archaeology; IV. Models and Accommodating Arguments versus Pattern Recognition: What Drives Research Best?; References; Index

Notes:

First published 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

1-315-43063-0

1-315-43064-9

1-315-43065-7

1-59874-768-1

9781315430652

OCLC:

680623569