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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784403203321

Autore

Hodder Ian

Titolo

Reading the past : current approaches to interpretation in archaeology / / Ian Hodder, Scott Hutson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-107-13649-0

1-316-09917-2

0-511-81421-6

0-511-20582-1

0-511-07851-X

0-511-56213-6

0-511-07694-0

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Archaeology - Philosophy

Archaeology - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; 1 The problem; 2 Processual and systems approaches; 3 Structuralist, post-structuralist and semiotic archaeologies; 4 Marxism and ideology; 5 Agency and practice; 6 Embodied archaeology; 7 Archaeology and history; 8 Contextual archaeology; 9 Post-processual archaeology; 10 Conclusion: archaeology as archaeology; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The third edition of this classic introduction to archaeological theory and method has been fully updated to address the burgeoning of theoretical debate throughout the discipline. Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson argue that archaeologists must bring to bear a variety of perspectives in the complex and uncertain task of constructing meaning from the past. While remaining centred on the importance of hermeneutics, agency and history, the authors explore cutting-edge developments in areas such as post-structuralism, neo-evolutionary theory and whole new branches of theory such as phenomenology. With



the addition of two completely new chapters, the third edition of Reading the Past presents an authoritative, state-of-the-art analysis of contemporary archaeological theory. Also including new material on feminist archaeology, historical approaches such as cultural history, and theories of discourse and signs, this book represents essential reading for any student or scholar with an interest in the past.