Interpreting Archaeology - Finding Meaning in the Past

Zusatztext 'The quality of the papers is high and represents an up-to-date coverage of the many prominent issues with which archaeology is coming to grips. Interpretating Archaeology is a salient and timely production and would be an ideal acquisition for students. So! as Whitley indirectly cautions all readers! peruse the whole book; your understanding of current Anglo-American theoretical archaeology will be considerably advanced. ' - ARC' Interpreting Archaeology is a salient and timely production and would be an ideal acquisition for students.' - Archaeological Review! Cambridge Informationen zum Autor Alexandra Alexandri, Victor Buchli, John Carman, Ian Odder, Jonathan Last, Gavin Lucas, Michael Shanks Klappentext This volume provides a forum for debate between varied approaches to the past. The authors, drawn from Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia, represent many different strands of archaeology. They address the philosophical issues involved in interpretation and a desire among archaeologists to come to terms with their own subjective approaches to the material they study, a recognition of how past researchers have also imposed their own value systems on the evidence which they presented. Zusammenfassung Do we `tell the truth' about the past? Can we? This volume provides a forum for debate between various approaches. Its multi-national contributors focus on the hermeneutical questions intrinsic to archaeological enquiry. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Philosophical Issues of Interpretation 2. The origins of meaning 3. Interpretation, writing and presenting the past 4. Archaeology and history 5. Material culture Appendix: Further comment on Interpretive Archaeologies Glossary Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Buchli Alexandri
• Assisted by: Alexandra Alexandri (Editor), Alexandri Alexandra (Editor), Victor Buchli (Editor), Buchli Victor (Editor), John Carman (Editor), Ian Hodder (Editor), Hodder Ian (Editor), Jonathan Last (Editor), Gavin Lucas (Editor), Lucas Gavin (Editor), Michael Shanks (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.1995
• EAN: 9780415073301
• ISBN: 978-0-415-07330-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques