Archaeology and Apprenticeship - Body Knowledge, Identity, and Communities of Practice

Informationen zum Autor Willeke Wendrich is a professor of Egyptian archaeology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the editor of Egyptian Archaeology and the online resource UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology . Klappentext Apprenticeship is broadly defined as the transmission of culture through a formal or informal teacher-pupil relationship. This collection invites a wide discussion, citing case studies from all over the world and yet focuses the scholarship into a concise set of contributions. This book also examines apprenticeship in archaeology against a backdrop of sociological and cognitive psychology literature, to enrich the understanding of the relationship between material remains and enculturation. Zusammenfassung This volume demonstrates how archaeology can benefit greatly from the understanding of the social dimensions of knowledge transfer. It also examines apprenticeship in archaeology against a backdrop of sociological and cognitive psychology literature! to enrich the understanding of the relationship between material remains and enculturation.

Product details

• Authors: James W. Byrkit, Willeke (EDT) Wendrich
• Assisted by: Willeke Wendrich (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9780816507672
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-0767-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity