Evolutionary and Interpretive Archaeologies
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Above Ground
agency in archaeology
Animal Kingdoms
archaeological
archaeological theory
archaeologists
Barth 1969a
behavioural
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Cladistic Analysis
Common Language
Craft Production Centres
cultural transmission models
darwinian
Darwinian Archaeologies
dual
Dual Inheritance Theory
ecology
Entangled Bank
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eq_nobargain
Evolutionary Archaeology
evolutionary theory in material culture
Grand Theft Auto
Hayonim Cave
human
Human Behavioural
Inka State
Inka Stonework
Interpretive Archaeology
Late Bronze Age Palace
memetics in anthropology
Middle Neolithic
model
Mutation Drift Equilibrium
neutral
Neutral Model
Random Copying
record
social group dynamics
Stephen Shennan
Subdisciplinary Communication
Van Dommelen
Vice Versa
violence and conflict studies
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- ISBN 9781598744279
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2011
- Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This collection of original articles compares various key archaeological topics—agency, violence, social groups, diffusion—from evolutionary and interpretive perspectives. These two strands represent the major current theoretical poles in the discipline. By comparing and contrasting the insights they provide into major archaeological themes, this volume demonstrates the importance of theoretical frameworks in archaeological interpretations. Chapter authors discuss relevant Darwinian or interpretive theory with short archaeological and anthropological case studies to illustrate the substantive conclusions produced. The book will advance debate and contribute to a better understanding of the goals and research strategies that comprise these distinct research traditions.
Ethan Cochrane (PhD, University of Hawai?i 2004) is Projects Manager and Senior Archaeologist at the International Archaeological Research Institute and was formerly Lecturer of Pacific Island Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. His research concentrates on Pacific Island prehistory, ceramic stylistic, functional and provenance analyses, and archaeological method and theory, particularly evolutionary theory. Ethan's work has been published in several edited volumes and international journals including the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Journal of Archaeological Science, Asian Perspectives, Archaeology in Oceania, and the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. Andrew Gardner is Lecturer in the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL. He has worked previously at the University of Reading, the University of Leicester, and Cardiff University. His publications include the edited volume Agency Uncovered: archaeological perspectives on social agency, power and being human (UCL Press), and his research interests center upon the social dynamics of Roman imperialism, the role of material culture in the expression of cultural identity, and the ways in which people in different societies understand time.
