The Uses of Style in Archaeology

Herausgeber: Conkey, Margaret W.; Audouze, Francoise; Hastorf, Christine A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together essays that illustrate the different uses and interpretations of style in archaeology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 353g
• ISBN-13: 9780521445764
• ISBN-10: 0521445760
• Artikelnr.: 26222500

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Preface Christine Hastorf
1. Introduction Margaret W. Conkey and Christine A. Hastorf
2. Experimenting with style in archaeology: some historical and theoretical issues Margaret W. Conkey
3. Style and history in art history Whitney Davis
4. Style and ethnicity in archaeology: the case for isochrestism James R. Sackett
5. Style as historical quality Ian Hodder
6. Investigating style: an exploratory analysis of some Plains burials William K. Macdonald
7. Sociopolitical implications of stylistic variation in the American southwest Stephen Plog
8. Style and iconography as legitimation in complex chiefdoms Timothy Earle
9. Interaction, imitation and communication as expressed in style: the Ucayali experience Warren R. DeBoer
10. Is there a unity to style? Polly Wiessner
References cited
Index.