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Time and archaeology / edited by Tim Murray.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- One world archaeology ; 37.
- One world archaeology ; 37
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeology--Philosophy.
- Archaeology.
- Archaeology--Methodology.
- Time.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The concept of time is salient to all human affairs and can be understood in a variety of different ways. This pioneering collection is the first comprehensive survey of time and archaeology. It includes chapters from a broad, international range of contributors, which combine theoretical and empirical material. They illustrate and explore the diversity of archaeological approaches to time.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; A return to the 'Pompeii premise'; Indian and other concepts of time: a holistic framework; Puranic time and the archaeological record; German Romantic chronology and its impact on the interpretation of prehistory; Keeping industrial time; Developing an Indian stone age chronology; Appraising the urban future: an archaeological time perspective; The Hochdorf 'princely' grave and the question of the nature of archaeological funerary assemblages
- The times of history: archaeology, narrative and non-linear causalityIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-82862-4
- 1-134-82863-2
- 1-280-18661-5
- 0-203-28787-8
- 0-203-20301-1
- 9780203203019
- OCLC:
- 310465185
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