In the second edition of Archaeological Thinking, Charles E. Orser, Jr. provides an updated guide to the critical thinking skills archaeologists use to unravel the stories of history’s buried past.
In the second edition of Archaeological Thinking, Charles E. Orser, Jr. provides an updated guide to the critical thinking skills archaeologists use to unravel the stories of history’s buried past.
Charles E. Orser, Jr. is an anthropological archaeologist who investigates the modern world as it was created after about 1492. A retired Distinguished Professor at Illinois State University, he is now affiliated with the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. He is the author of one hundred professional articles and several books and is the founder and editor of the International Journal of Historical Archaeology.
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Preface Chapter 1. Thinking in Archaeology A Question of Belief? Science and History Thinking to Some Purpose The Process of Clear Thinking Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 2. A Brief History of Archaeological Thinking The Early Years The Middle Years The Recent Years Seriation The Conjunctive Approach Postmodern Thinking Archaeological Thinking in the New Millennium Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 3. Archaeology and the Evaluation of Claims SEARCHing Step 1: State the Claim Step 2: Examine the Evidence Step 3: Consider Alternative Claims Step 4: Rate each Claim Plausibility The Exeter Mystery The On-Going Battle Between Evidence and Perspective Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 4. Understanding and Selecting Facts Fact Selection Is Fact Selection Dishonest? Clovis Points Glass Trade Beads Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 5. Archaeological Thinking and Logic The Importance of Logical Thinking Deduction Induction Abduction Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 6. Analogy and Archaeological Thinking Archaeologists and Analogy Artifact Analogies Ethnographic Analogies The Direct Historical Approach More Recent Comparative Ethnographic Analogy Evaluating Analogy Strength What Is the Purpose of Analogy in Archaeology? Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 7. Thinking with Things A Cultural Systems Approach A Behavioral Approach A Commodities Approach A Semiotics Approach A Social Activism Approach Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 8. Deceitful Archaeological Thinking Great Zimbabwe and Silencing the African Past Pseudo-archaeology in Nazi Hands The Dangers of Deceitful Archaeological Thinking Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 9. Archaeological Thinking in Public Bones of Contention The Cheyenne Outbreak of 1879 Timbuctoo, New Jersey Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 10. Archaeological Thinking for the Twenty-First Century Sources for Continued Reading
Preface Chapter 1. Thinking in Archaeology A Question of Belief? Science and History Thinking to Some Purpose The Process of Clear Thinking Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 2. A Brief History of Archaeological Thinking The Early Years The Middle Years The Recent Years Seriation The Conjunctive Approach Postmodern Thinking Archaeological Thinking in the New Millennium Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 3. Archaeology and the Evaluation of Claims SEARCHing Step 1: State the Claim Step 2: Examine the Evidence Step 3: Consider Alternative Claims Step 4: Rate each Claim Plausibility The Exeter Mystery The On-Going Battle Between Evidence and Perspective Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 4. Understanding and Selecting Facts Fact Selection Is Fact Selection Dishonest? Clovis Points Glass Trade Beads Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 5. Archaeological Thinking and Logic The Importance of Logical Thinking Deduction Induction Abduction Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 6. Analogy and Archaeological Thinking Archaeologists and Analogy Artifact Analogies Ethnographic Analogies The Direct Historical Approach More Recent Comparative Ethnographic Analogy Evaluating Analogy Strength What Is the Purpose of Analogy in Archaeology? Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 7. Thinking with Things A Cultural Systems Approach A Behavioral Approach A Commodities Approach A Semiotics Approach A Social Activism Approach Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 8. Deceitful Archaeological Thinking Great Zimbabwe and Silencing the African Past Pseudo-archaeology in Nazi Hands The Dangers of Deceitful Archaeological Thinking Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 9. Archaeological Thinking in Public Bones of Contention The Cheyenne Outbreak of 1879 Timbuctoo, New Jersey Sources for Continued Reading Chapter 10. Archaeological Thinking for the Twenty-First Century Sources for Continued Reading
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