LEADER 04413nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9911019345003321 005 20220805212145.0 010 $a9786610748990 010 $a9781280748998 010 $a1280748990 010 $a9780470765326 010 $a0470765321 010 $a9780470754962 010 $a0470754966 010 $a9781405171496 010 $a1405171499 035 $a(CKB)1000000000341428 035 $a(EBL)284194 035 $a(OCoLC)437176093 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105134 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128580 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105134 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10108845 035 $a(PQKB)11145821 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC284194 035 $a(PPN)149816154 035 $a(Perlego)2751528 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000341428 100 $a20051222d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArchaeological semiotics /$fRobert W. Preucel 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 225 1 $aSocial archaeology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781405199131 311 08$a140519913X 311 08$a9781557866578 311 08$a1557866570 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-313) and index. 327 $aArchaeological 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 327 $a4 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 327 $aA 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 327 $aRegional 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 330 $aThis book explores the multiple ways in which archaeologists give meaning to the past, highlighting debates over the ontological and epistemological status of the discipline and evaluating current responses to these issues. Explains why absolute foundations in archaeology are inadequate and looks at the alternatives. Highlights debates over the ontological and epistemological status of the discipline and evaluates current responses to these issues.Defines a new space for archaeological discourse and dialogue. 410 0$aSocial archaeology. 606 $aArchaeology$xPhilosophy 606 $aArchaeology$xMethodology 615 0$aArchaeology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aArchaeology$xMethodology. 676 $a930.1 700 $aPreucel$b Robert W$0693283 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911019345003321 996 $aArchaeological Semiotics$91248939 997 $aUNINA