Michael B. Schiffer

Behavioral Archaeology (eBook, PDF)

Principles and Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a synthesis of the fundamental method and theory of behavioral archaeology, organized in terms of the temporal order in which general topics have been addressed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134903658
• Artikelnr.: 44875521

Autorenporträt

Michael B. Schiffer

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction 1 Origins and the Four Strategies of Behavioral
Archaeology 2 Conceptual Foundations Part II. Inference and Formation
Processes 3 Archaeological Inference 4 Cultural Formation Processes 5
Noncultural (Environmental) Formation Processes 6 Identifying Formation
Processes 7 Building Chronologies: A Hohokam Case Study 8 The
Archaeological Process Part III. Technology 9 Research on Technology:
History and Overview 10 Studying Technological Change (with James M. Skibo)
11 Ceramic Surface Treatments and Cooking Pot Performance 12 Folk Theories
and Scientific Theories: the Case of the Early Electric Automobile 13
Long-Term Technological Competitions 14 Technological Differentiation 15
Differential Adoption and the Electric Lighthouse 16 The Cascade Model of
Invention Processes Part IV. New Directions 17 The NewA" Behavioral
Archaeology 18 Ritual and Religion (Kacy L. Hollenback) 19 A Behavioral
Theory of Meaning (with the assistance of Andrea R. Miller) 20 The
Materiality of Social Power (with William H. Walker) 21 Landscapes (Kacy L.
Hollenback)