Social Transformations in Archaeology

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A01=Kristian Kristiansen
A01=Michael Rowlands
age
archaeological theory of societal change
Author_Kristian Kristiansen
Author_Michael Rowlands
Battle Axe Culture
bronze
Bronze Age
Bronze Age Europe
Bronze Age Society
Category=NKA
Category=NKX
Colonial Administration
descent
Descent Groups
early
Early Bronze Age
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
European Bronze Age
goods
groups
High PP
iron
kinship and exchange systems
Kristiansen 1987a
late
Late Bronze Age
Late Hallstatt
LN
Long Sword
material culture studies
Millennium BC
nordic
postcolonial archaeology
prestige
Prestige Good Economies
Prestige Goods
Prestige Goods Systems
Rock Carvings
social complexity evolution
Social Organisation
Social Reproduction
Southern Scandinavia
Subsistence Strategy
tribal societies analysis
Urnfield Culture
Vice Versa
Wealth Consumption

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415067898
  • Weight: 990g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Sep 1998
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Social Transformations in Archaeology explores the relevance of archaeology to the study of long-term change and to the understanding of our contemporary world. The articles are divided into:
* broader theoretical issues
* post-colonial issues in a wide range of contexts
* archaeological examination of colonialism with case studies from the Mediterranean in the first millenium BC and historical Africa.

Kristian Kristiansen is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Gothenburg, Denmark and was previously Director of the Danish Archaeological Heritage Administration in the Ministry of the Environment. He has written widely on theoretical archaeology and the archaeology of Northern Europe. Michael Rowlands is professor of Anthropology at University College London, UK. He is a leading figure in the development of theoretical archaeology.

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