Understanding the archaeological record / / Gavin Lucas [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Lucas Gavin <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology - Philosophy; Archaeology - Methodology; History; Ontology; Antiquities; Material culture; Social archaeology
• Classificazione: SOC003000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 1. The trouble with theory; 2. The total record; 3. Formation theory; 4. Materialized culture; 5. Archaeological entities; 6. Archaeological interventions; 7. A 'new' social archaeology?
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing current views. Gavin Lucas argues that archaeological theory has become both too fragmented and disconnected from the particular nature of archaeological evidence. The book examines three ways of understanding the archaeological record - as historical sources, through formation theory and as material culture - then reveals ways to connect these three domains through a reconsideration of archaeological entities and archaeological practice. Ultimately, Lucas calls for a rethinking of the nature of the archaeological record and the kind of history and narratives written from it.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding the archaeological record
• ISBN: 1-139-20977-9; 1-107-22849-2; 1-280-56882-8; 1-139-22266-X; 9786613598424; 0-511-84577-4; 1-139-22437-9; 1-139-21786-0; 1-139-21477-2; 1-139-22094-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778954803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II