Between Artifacts and Texts Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective
This book is about historical archaeologies all over the world; about their history, their methods, and their raison d'etre. The focus is on an existential question for archaeology: whether investigations of mate rial culture are necessary at all when studying societies with writing. Is it not...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
| Series: | Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Paradox of the Historical Archaeologies
- 2. Historical Archaeologies in Europe
- 3. Historical Archaeologies in the Middle East and Asia
- 4. Historical Archaeologies in Africa and America
- 5. The Field of Historical Archaeology
- 6. The Dialogue of Historical Archaeology
- 7. Conclusion: Historical Archaeology as a Methodological Perspective
- References