Problems in Neolithic Archaeology

Klappentext Problems in Neolithic Archaeology is a notable contribution to the debate about how we can write prehistory. Zusammenfassung Problems in Neolithic Archaeology is a notable contribution to the debate about how we can write prehistory. Drawing on both processual and post-processual approaches! it reaffirms the central role of theory and interpretation while accepting as permanent the uncertainty which makes the testing of archaeological hypotheses difficult or even impossible. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The inference of limits; 2. Fighting the clock; 3. Putting down roots: taking stock; 4. Living in the material world; 5. Burial: the changing role of the dead; 6. Backward and forward rotes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alasdair Whittle
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2008
• EAN: 9780521103893
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10389-3
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 245 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; New Studies in Archaeology; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)