Archaeology in the making : conversations through a discipline with Susan E. Alcock. [et al.] / / edited by William L. Rathje, Michael Shanks and Christopher Witmore

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (443 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology - Philosophy; Archaeology - Methodology
• Altri autori: AlcockSusan E RathjeWilliam L ShanksMichael WitmoreChristopher
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The archaeological imagination -- pt. 2. The workings of archaeology -- pt. 3. Politics.
• Sommario/riassunto: Archaeology in the Making is a collection of bold statements about archaeology, its history, how it works, and why it is more important than ever. This book comprises conversations about archaeology among some of its notable contemporary figures. They delve deeply into the questions that have come to fascinate archaeologists over the last forty years or so, those that concern major events in human history such as the origins of agriculture and the state, and questions about the way archaeologists go about their work. Many of the conversations highlight quite intensely held personal
• Titolo autorizzato: Archaeology in the making
• ISBN: 1-136-18527-5; 1-138-10834-0; 1-283-91960-5; 0-203-08347-4; 1-136-18528-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817349403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II