Archaeological semiotics / / Robert W. Preucel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019345003321
• Autore: Preucel Robert W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2006
• ISBN: 9786610748990; 9781280748998; 1280748990; 9780470765326; 0470765321; 9780470754962; 0470754966; 9781405171496; 1405171499
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Collana: Social archaeology
• Disciplina: 930.1
• 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. [271]-313) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Archaeological Semiotics; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; What is Semiotics?; Archaeology and Semiotics; Theorizing Material Culture; Organization of the Book; Part I Signs of Meaning; 2 Saussure and His Legacy; Ferdinand de Saussure; Semiology and Structural Linguistics; Saussure and Modern Linguistics; Structural Anthropology; Symbolic and Cognitive Anthropologies; Summary; 3 The Peircian Alternative; Charles Sanders Peirce; Semeiotics; Peirce and Modern Philosophy; Peirce and Modern Linguistics; The Life of the Sign; Summary; 4 Pragmatic AnthropologyPeircian Encounters; Indexicality; Self and Social Identity; Material Culture Meanings; Summary; Part II Aspects of a Semiotic Archaeology; 5 Structuralism and Processual Archaeology; A Brief History of Processual Archaeology; Rules and Codes; Information Exchange; Ideology and Structural Marxism; Summary; 6 ; Poststructuralism and Postprocessual Archaeologies; A Brief History of Postprocessual Archaeologies; From Structure to Practice; Reading Material Culture; Material Culture and Text; Material Metaphors; Summary; 7 Cognitive Science and Cognitive Archaeology; A Brief History of Cognitive ArchaeologyEvolutionary Studies; Cognitive Processual Studies; Summary; Part III Archaeological Case Studies; 8 Brook Farm and the Architecture of Utopia; Utopian Architecture; The Brook Farm Historical Site; Semiotic Ideologies of Social Reform; Finding Utopia; House Agency; Representing Brook Farm; Conclusions; 9 In the Aftermath of the Pueblo Revolt; The New Mexico Colony; The Pueblo Revitalization Movement; Living in Accord with the Laws of the Ancestors; Kotyiti Archaeology; Social Dynamics at Kotyiti Pueblo; Ceramics, social groups, and ideology; Regional SettlementSigns of the Times; Conclusions; 10 Material Meanings in Practice; On Chains and Cables; Integrating Words and Things; Semiotic Ideologies; Toward a Pragmatic Archaeology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the multiple ways in which archaeologists give meaning to the past, highlighting debates over the ontological and epistemological status of the discipline and evaluating current responses to these issues. Explains why absolute foundations in archaeology are inadequate and looks at the alternatives. Highlights debates over the ontological and epistemological status of the discipline and evaluates current responses to these issues.Defines a new space for archaeological discourse and dialogue.