The present past : an introduction to anthropology for archaeologists / Ian Hodder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodder, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnoarchaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Archaeology, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This updated edition of Professor Ian Hodder's original and classic work on the role which anthropology must play in the interpretation of the archaeological record.There has long been a need for archaeologists and anthropologists to correlate their ideas and methods for interpreting the material culture of past civilisations. Archaeological interpretation of the past is inevitably based on the ideas and experiences of the present and the use of such ethnographic analogy has been widely adapted - and criticised, not least in Britain.In this challenging study, Ian Hodder questions the assumptio

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Preface ""; ""1 The use of analogy ""; ""Problems with analogies ""; ""The proper use of analogy ""; ""Context ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""2 Ethnoarchaeology ""; ""Relations with experimental approaches in archaeology ""; ""History of the use of ethnographic analogies in archaeology ""; ""Ethnoarchaeological field methods ""; ""3 The formation of the archaeological record ""; ""Post-deposition ""; ""Deposition ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""4 Technology and production ""

""Formal analogies """"Relational analogies based on natural processes ""; ""Cross-cultural relationships ""; ""Relational analogies and cultural context ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""5 Subsistence strategies ""; ""Hunters and gatherers ""; ""Pastoralists ""; ""Agriculturalists ""; ""Bones and seeds ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""6 Social organisation ""; ""Settlement ""; ""Burial ""; ""Exchange ""; ""Levels of societal complexity ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""7 Ritual ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""8 Art, decoration and style ""; ""Art ""; ""Decoration ""; ""Style ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""9 Looking at ourselves ""

""10 Conclusion: archaeological anthropology """"Interpreting the past ""; ""A theory of material culture ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473819542

1473819547

9781473800229

1473800226

OCLC:

881510022