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The archaeology of time / / Gavin Lucas



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Autore: Lucas Gavin <1965-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: The archaeology of time / / Gavin Lucas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
Disciplina: 930.1
Soggetto topico: Archaeology
Time
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Classificazione: 15.30
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-147) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Beyond chronology; Time and the archaeological record; Time in past societies; Case study: the life and times of a Roman jar; Conclusions: forgetting the past; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: It might seem obvious that time lies at the heart of archaeology, since archaeology is about the past. However, the issue of time is complicated and often problematic, and although we take it very much for granted, our understanding of time affects the way we do archaeology.This book is an introduction not just to the issues of chronology and dating, but time as a theoretical concept and how this is understood and employed in contemporary archaeology. It provides a full discussion of chronology and change, time and the nature of the archaeological record, and the perception of time and his
Titolo autorizzato: The archaeology of time  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-203-00492-2
1-134-38427-0
1-280-07944-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462484103321
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Serie: Themes in archaeology.