Time and archaeology / / edited by Tim Murray

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1; 930.101
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology - Philosophy; Archaeology - Methodology; Time
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MurrayTim <1955->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; A return to the 'Pompeii premise'; Indian and other concepts of time: a holistic framework; Puranic time and the archaeological record; German Romantic chronology and its impact on the interpretation of prehistory; Keeping industrial time; Developing an Indian stone age chronology; Appraising the urban future: an archaeological time perspective; The Hochdorf 'princely' grave and the question of the nature of archaeological funerary assemblages ; The times of history: archaeology, narrative and non-linear causalityIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: The concept of time is salient to all human affairs and can be understood in a variety of different ways. This pioneering collection is the first comprehensive survey of time and archaeology. It includes chapters from a broad, international range of contributors, which combine theoretical and empirical material. They illustrate and explore the diversity of archaeological approaches to time.
• Titolo autorizzato: Time and archaeology
• ISBN: 1-134-82863-2; 1-280-18661-5; 0-203-28787-8; 0-203-20301-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450592803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: One world archaeology ; ; 37.