Interpreting Archaeology Finding Meaning in the Past |
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| Editor:
| Alexandri, Alexandra
Buchli, Victor
Carman, John
Hodder, Ian
Last, Jonathan
Lucas, Gavin
Shanks, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-1-315-81274-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $46.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.