1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00014614

Titolo

Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series (filmina)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Allahabad, Bombay, : [s.e.], 1907-

Descrizione fisica

2 filmina : vertical

Classificazione

FILMINA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Indice : vol. 1 : Zhob District ; vol. 2 : Loralai District ; vol. 3 : Sibi District / A. McConaghey ; vol. 5 : Quetta-Pishin District / R. Hughes-Buller ; vol. 6 : Sarawan Text and appendices ; vol. 6A : Kachhi Text and appendices ; vol 6B : Jhalawan text and appendices ; vols. 6,6A,6B : Sarawan, Kachhi and Jhalawan Text and Appendices ; vol. 8 : Las Bela Text and appendices ; vol. 9 : Index to volumes I to VIII.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019345003321

Autore

Preucel Robert W

Titolo

Archaeological semiotics / / Robert W. Preucel

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.