Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cochrane, Ethan E.
2. Gardner, Andrew, 1973-

Description

1. 361 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. This collection of original articles compares various key archaeological topics- agency, violence, social groups, diffusion- from evolutionary and interpretive perspectives. These two strands represent the major current theoretical poles in the discipline. By comparing and contrasting the insights they provide into major archaeological themes, this volume demonstrates the importance of theoretical frameworks in archaeological interpretations. Chapter authors discuss relevant Darwinian or interpretive theory with short archaeological and anthropological case studies to illustrate the substantive conclusions produced. The book will advance debate and contribute to a better understanding of the goals and research strategies that comprise these distinct research traditions. -- Back Cover.

Series statement

1. Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London

Uniform title

1. Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

Subject

1. Archaeology > Methodology
2. Archaeology > Philosophy
3. Social archaeology
4. Evolution
5. Violence
6. War and civilization
7. Social change
8. Arkeologi > metodik
9. Arkeologi > filosofi
10. Social arkeologi
11. Social förändring
12. Evolutionism

Contents

1. Evolutionary and Interpretive Archaeologies : A Dialogue / Andrew Gardner, Ethan E. Cochrane -- Units of Transmission in Evolutionary Archaeology and the Role of Memetics / Ethan E. Cochrane -- Action and Structure in Interpretive Archaeologies / Andrew Gardner -- "Style versus Function" 30 Years On / R. Alexander Bentley -- Intentionality Matters : Creativity and Human Agency in the Construction of the Inka State / Bill Sillar -- Interpretive Archaeologies, Violence and Evolutionary Approaches / Simon James -- Violence and Conflict : Warfare, Biology and Culture / Robert Layton -- Tribes, Peoples, Ethnicity : Archaeology and Changing Ẁe Groups' / Ulrike Sommer -- Cultural Selection, Drift and Ceramic Diversity at Bogazkoy-Hattusa / Claudia Glatz, Anne Kandler, James Steele -- Cultural and Biological Approaches to the Body in Archaeology : Can They Be Reconciled? / Ruth D. Whitehouse -- Missing Links : Cultures, Species and the Cladistic Reconstruction of Prehistory / Jamshid J. Tehrani -- The Ambiguity of Landscape : Discussing Points of Relatedness in Concepts and Methods / Sue Hamilton -- Contrasts and Conflicts in Anthropology and Archaeology : The Evolutionary/Interpretive Dichotomy in Human Behavioural Research / Heidi Colleran, Ruth Mace -- A Visit to Down House : Some Interpretive Comments on Evolutionary Archaeology / Matthew H. Johnson -- An Evolutionary Perspective on the Goals of Archaeology / Stephen Shennan.

Call number

1. JFE 15-7028

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Evolutionary and interpretive archaeologies : a discussion / Ethan E. Cochrane, Andrew Gardner (editors).

Imprint

1. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2011.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London
2. Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Cochrane, Ethan E.
2. Gardner, Andrew, 1973-

LCCN

1. 2010052551

Other standard identifier

1. 40019611965

ISBN

1. 9781598744262 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2. 1598744267 (hardcover : alk. paper)
3. 9781598744279 (pbk. : alk. paper)
4. 1598744275 (pbk. : alk. paper)
5. 9781598746600 (electronic)
6. 159874660X (electronic)

Research call number

1. JFE 15-7028