Behavioral Archeology
Author | : Michael B. Schiffer |
Publisher | : New York : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael B. Schiffer |
Publisher | : New York : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael B. Schiffer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2016-04-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134903650 |
Behavioral archaeology offers a way of examining the past by highlighting human engagement with the material culture of the time. 'Behavioral Archaeology: Principles and Practice' offers a broad overview of the methods and theories used in this approach to archaeology. Opening with an overview of the history and key concepts, the book goes on to systematically cover both principles and practice: the philosophy of science and the scientific method; artifacts and human behavior; archaeological inference; formation processes of the archaeological record; technological change; behavioral change; and ritual and religion. Detailed case studies show the relevance of behavioral method and theory to the wider field of archaeological studies. The book will be invaluable to students of archaeology and anthropology.
Author | : Michael B. Schiffer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael B. Schiffer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2016-04-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134903723 |
Behavioral archaeology offers a way of examining the past by highlighting human engagement with the material culture of the time. 'Behavioral Archaeology: Principles and Practice' offers a broad overview of the methods and theories used in this approach to archaeology. Opening with an overview of the history and key concepts, the book goes on to systematically cover both principles and practice: the philosophy of science and the scientific method; artifacts and human behavior; archaeological inference; formation processes of the archaeological record; technological change; behavioral change; and ritual and religion. Detailed case studies show the relevance of behavioral method and theory to the wider field of archaeological studies. The book will be invaluable to students of archaeology and anthropology.
Author | : William H. Walker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : 9781607814153 |
La 4e de couverture indique : "Behavioral archaeology, defined as the study of people-object interactions in all times and places, emerged in the 1970s, in large part because of the innovative work of Michael Schiffer and colleagues. This volume provides an overview of how behavioral archaeology has evolved and how it has affected the field of archaeology at large.The contributors to this volume are Schiffer's former students, from his first doctoral student to his most recent. This generational span has allowed for chapters that reflect Schiffer's research from the 1970s to 2012. They are iconoclastic and creative and approach behavioral archaeology from varied perspectives, including archaeological inference and chronology, site formation processes, prehistoric cultures and migration, modern material culture variability, the study of technology, object agency, and art and cultural resources. Broader questions addressed include models of inference and definitions of behavior, study of technology and the causal performances of artifacts, and the implications of artifact causality in human communication and the flow of behavioral history"
Author | : Michael B. Schiffer |
Publisher | : New York : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780126241501 |
Author | : James M. Skibo |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2008-03-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0387765271 |
The study of the human-made world, whether it is called artifacts, material culture, or technology, has burgeoned across the academy. Archaeologists have for cen- ries led the way, and today offer investigators myriad programs and conceptual frameworks for engaging the things, ordinary and extraordinary, of everyday life. This book is an attempt by practitioners of one program – Behavioral Archaeology – to furnish between two covers some of our basic principles, heuristic tools, and illustrative case studies. Our greater purpose, however, is to engage the ideas of two competing programs – agency/practice and evolution – in hopes of initiating a dialog. We are convinced that there is enough overlap in goals, interests, and conceptions among these programs to warrant guarded optimism that a more encompassing, more coherent framework for studying the material world can result from a concerted effort to forge a higher-level synthesis. However, in engaging agency/ practice and evolution in Chap. 2, we are not reticent to point out conflicts between Behavioral Archaeology and these programs. This book will appeal to archaeologists and anthropologists as well as historians, sociologists, and philosophers of technology. Those who study science–technology– society interactions may also encounter useful ideas. Finally, this book is suitable for upper-division and graduate courses on anthropological theory, archaeological theory, and the study of technology.
Author | : Michael B. Schiffer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James M. Skibo |
Publisher | : University of Utah Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1995-12-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780874807066 |
Attempts to define behavioral archaeology more comprehensively than is common in order to illustrate its role in the theoretical landscape of contemporary archaeology. To flesh out points of agreement or dissent, the perspectives of the chapters range from those of behavioral archaeology, old and new, to those of historical, selectionist, and postprocessual archaeology. Many of the 15 papers were first presented at a symposium titled "From Airline Trash to Potsherds," held at the 56th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in 1992.
Author | : Eudald Carbonell i Roura |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2012-03-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9400739222 |
The aim of this book is to provide a new insight on Neanderthal behaviour using the data recovered in level J of Romaní rockshelter (north-eastern Spain). Due to the sedimentary dynamics that formed the Romaní deposit, the occupation layers are characterized by a high temporal resolution, which makes it easier to interprete the archaeological data in behavioural terms. In addition, the different analytical domains (geoarchaeology, lithic technology, zooarchaeology, taphonomy, anthracology, palaeontology) are addressed from a spatial perspective that is basic to understand human behaviour, but also to evaluate the behavioural inferences in the framework of the archaeological formation processes.