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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807073703321

Autore

Wylie Alison

Titolo

Thinking from things : essays in the philosophy of archaeology / / Alison Wylie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002

ISBN

0-520-93540-3

1-59734-951-8

1-282-35944-4

9786612359446

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages)

Disciplina

930.1/01

Soggetti

Archaeology - Philosophy

Archaeology - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-322) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Introduction -- Part Two. How New Is the New Archaeology, and Other Historical Essays -- Part Three. Interpretive Dilemmas -- Part Four. On Being "Empirical" but Not "Narrowly Empiricist" -- Part Five. Issues of Accountability -- Notes -- References Cited -- Names Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this long-awaited compendium of new and newly revised essays, Alison Wylie explores how archaeologists know what they know. Examining the history and methodology of Anglo-American archaeology, Wylie puts the tumultuous debates of the last thirty years in historical and philosophical perspective.