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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955281303321

Autore

Martin Andrew M. <1973->

Titolo

Archaeology beyond postmodernity : a science of the social / / Andrew M. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, , [2013]

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2013

ISBN

979-82-16-43589-1

0-7591-2358-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Archaeology in Society

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Archaeology and history

Archaeology - Methodology

Archaeology - Philosophy

Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge

Social archaeology - Methodology

SOCIAL SCIENCE - 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 (pages 223-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Entangled by modernism -- Archaeological use of theories -- Object science -- Group formation, dissent, and change -- A method for analyzing cultural action -- Fragmenting the Bronze Age -- Contestation in the Hopewell.

Sommario/riassunto

Archaeology beyond Postmodernity introduces to archaeology a new concept of culture as well as many valuable interpretive techniques that have emerged in sociology to study culture scientifically.