Explorations in Behavioral Archaeology

Informationen zum Autor William H. Walker is a professor of anthropology at New Mexico State University. He is the coauthor of The Joyce Well Site: On the Frontier of the Casas Grandes World (University of Utah Press, 2002) and Expanding Archaeology (University of Utah Press, 1995). James M. Skibo is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University. He is coeditor of the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory , editor of the Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry series, and author of numerous books on anthropology and archaeology, including Ants for Breakfast (University of Utah Press, 1999). Klappentext Behavioural archaeology, defined as the study of people-object interactions in all times and places, emerged in the 1970s, in large part because of the innovative work of Michael Schiffer and colleagues. This volume provides an overview of how behavioural archaeology has evolved and how it has affected the field of archaeology at large. Zusammenfassung Behavioural archaeology! defined as the study of people-object interactions in all times and places! emerged in the 1970s! in large part because of the innovative work of Michael Schiffer and colleagues. This volume provides an overview of how behavioural archaeology has evolved and how it has affected the field of archaeology at large.

Product details

• Authors: James M. Skibo, William H. Walker, William H./ Skibo Walker
• Assisted by: James M. Skibo (Editor), William H. Walker (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Utah Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9781607814146
• ISBN: 978-1-60781-414-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Foundations of Archaeological; Foundations of Archaeological; Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity