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Record Nr.

UNISA996208298703316

Autore

Joyce Rosemary A. <1956->

Titolo

The languages of archaeology [[electronic resource] ] : dialogue, narrative, and writing / / Rosemary A. Joyce, with Robert W. Preucel ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2002

ISBN

1-281-30954-0

9786611309541

0-470-69352-5

0-470-69279-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Social archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

PreucelRobert W

Disciplina

930.1014

Soggetti

Archaeology - Methodology

Rhetoric

Technical writing

Narration (Rhetoric)

Discourse analysis

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. [153]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Languages of Archaeology; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Introducing the First Voice; 2 Writing the Field of Archaeology; 3 Dialogues Heard and Unheard,Seen and Unseen; 4 A Second Voice:Crafting Cosmos; 5 Voices Carry Outside the Discipline; 6 The Return of the First Voice; 7 Final Dialogues; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past.