Description: Advances in archaeological method and theory

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Advances in archaeological method and theory selections for students from volumes 1 through 4 /

Selections for Students from Volumes 1-4.

Other Authors:	Schiffer, Michael B. 1947-, ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Academic Press, 1982.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 690 pages) : illustrations.
Series:	Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory.
Subjects:	Archaeology -- Methodology. Archaeology -- Philosophy.

Summary:	Selections for Students from Volumes 1-4.
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Front Cover; Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Cult Archaeology and Unscientific Method and Theory; CULT ARCHAEOLOGY; INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF CULT ARCHAEOLOGY; THE NEED TO DEAL WITH CULT ARCHAEOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Evolutionary Theory and Archaeology; EVOLUTION; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; MODERN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION AND ARCHAEOLOGY; SOME CONCLUSIONS; THE FUTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY IN ARCHAEOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES. Chapter 3. The Archaeological Study of Adaptation: Theoretical and Methodological IssuesINTRODUCTION; ADAPTATION, EVOLUTION, AND ECOLOGY; CULTURAL ADAPTATION; COMPONENTS OF ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION; PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Explanatory/Predictive Models of Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation; BACKGROUND; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES; GENERAL MODELS OF HUNTER-GATHERER ADAPTATION; MODELS OF SUBSISTENCE; MODELS OF SETTLEMENT LOCATION AND TERRITORIALITY; MODELS OF POPULATION; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES. Chapter 5. Demographic ArchaeologyDEMOGRAPHIC ARCHAEOLOGY; PART I: DEMOGRAPHIC METHODS IN ARCHAEOLOGY; PART II: DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS AND EXPLANATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Paleoethnobotany in American Archaeology; THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; ARCHAEOBOTANY; PALEOETHNOBOTANICAL INTERPRETATIONS; INTEGRATION OF PALEOETHNOBOTANY AND ARCHAEOLOGY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Social Interaction and Stylistic Similarity: A Reanalysis; ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS; CRITICISMS OF THE ASSUMPTIONS. CRITICISMS OF THE INTERPRETATIONSCRITICISMS OF THE METHODS; REANALYSIS OF THE DATA; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Independent Dating in Archaeological Analysis; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION OF TERMS; THE DATING PROBLEM IN ARCHAEOLOGY; THE GENERAL MODEL; APPLICATION OF THE MODEL; IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODEL; THE FUTURE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATING THEORY; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Advances in Archaeological Seriation; ADVANCES IN SERIATION TECHNIQUES; ADVANCES IN SERIATION THEORY; SERIATION IN CONTEXT; THE PRACTICE OF SERIATION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Selections for Students from Volumes 1-4.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 690 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781483299099 1483299090