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Originally published by Academic Press in 1976, this book has become a foundational statement in archaeological methodology and has had a lasting impact on the discipline. As Michael Schiffer writes in his new prologue, the work "played a vital role in establishing as fundamental the behavioral perspective in archaeology." (Must be distinguished from the collection of articles by Schiffer published by University of Utah Press called Behavioral Archaeology: First Principles.)
List of contents
Prologue to the Percheron Press Edition Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. A Synthetic Model of Archeological Inference Chapter 3. Cultural Formation Processes Chapter 4. Transformation Models Chapter 5. Quantitative Transformations Chapter 6. Quantitative and Spatial Transformations Chapter 7. An Introduction to the Joint Site Chapter 8. General Considerations of Artifact Classification Chapter 9. Chipped Stone from the Joint Site Chapter 10. Cultural Formation Processes of the Joint Site Chapter 11. Systemic Context of the Joint Site Chapree 12. Systemic Context of the Chipped Stone Chapter 13. Prospects for a Behavioral Archaeology Appendix References Index
About the author
Michael Brian Schiffer, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Summary
Originally published by Academic Press in 1976, this book has become a foundational statement in archaeological methodology and has had a lasting impact on the discipline. As Michael Schiffer writes in his new prologue, the work “played a vital role in establishing as fundamental the behavioral perspective in archaeology.”
