Archaeology : the key concepts / / edited by Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819323203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, U.K. ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-37040-7; 1-280-28953-8; 0-203-49109-2; 9786610289530; 1-134-37041-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Collana: Routledge key guides
• Altri autori (Persone): RenfrewColin <1937->; BahnPaul G
• Disciplina: 930.1/01
• Soggetti: Archaeology
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ARCHAEOLOGY; Copyright; Contents; List of Key Concepts; Contributors; Introduction; Key Concepts; Agency; The antiquity of man; Archaeoastronomy; Archaeogenetics; Catastrophist archaeology; The chaîne opératoire; Characterisation and exchange theory; Childe's revolutions; Cognitive archaeology; Archaeology of cult and religion; Cultural evolution; 'Dark Ages' in archaeology/ systems collapse; Darwinian archaeology; Ideas in relative and absolute dating; The descent of man; Theorising diffusion and population movements; Ecological archaeology; Environmental archaeology; Epistemology; EthnoarchaeologyThe evolution of social complexity and the state; Key ideas in excavation; Experimental archaeology; Feminist archaeology; Archaeological formation processes; Gender archaeology; Habitus; Historical archaeology and text; Holistic/contextual archaeology; Indigenous archaeologies; Innovation and invention - independent event or historical process?; Thinking about landscape; Material engagement and materialisation; Materialism, Marxism and archaeology; Mental modularity; Multiregional evolution; Non-linear processes and archaeology; Notions of the person; Organisation of societies, including chiefdomsPeer polity interaction; Phenomenological archaeology; Post-processual and interpretive archaeology; Processual archaeology; Public archaeology/museology/ conservation/heritage; Simulation; Site catchment analysis; Social archaeology; Theory of social practice; Principles of stratigraphic succession; Survey; Symbolic and structuralist archaeology; Systems thinking; The Three Ages; Concepts of time; Uniformitarianism; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From two of the best-known archaeological writers in the trade, this outstanding resource provides a thorough survey of the key ideas in archaeology, and how they impact on archaeological thinking and method.Clearly written, and easy to follow, Archaeology: The Key Concepts collates entries written specifically by field specialists, and each entry offers a definition of the term, its origins and development, and all the major figures involved in the area.The entries include:thinking about landscapearchaeology of cult and religion</LI