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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815585503321

Autore

Read Dwight W. <1943-, >

Titolo

Artifact classification : a conceptual and methodological approach / / Dwight W. Read

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-43347-8

1-315-43348-6

1-315-43349-4

1-59874-720-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Disciplina

930.1/0285

Soggetti

Archaeology

Antiquities

Archaeology - Philosophy

Archaeology - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-346) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Historical background -- Pottery typologies -- From intuitive to objective classifications -- Objective classification : goals and problems -- Artifact measurement -- Production and categorization sequences -- Quantitative classification : methodology -- Patterning based on type frequency counts -- Style, function, neutral traits, evolution, and classification.

Sommario/riassunto

Archaeologists have been developing artifact typologies to understand cultural categories for as long as the discipline has existed. Dwight Read examines these attempts to systematize the cultural domains in premodern societies through a historical study of pottery typologies. He then offers a methodology for producing classifications that are both salient to the cultural groups that produced them and relevant for establishing cultural categories and timelines for the archaeologist attempting to understand the relationship between material culture and ideational culture of ancient societies. T