Andrew M. Martin

Archaeology beyond Postmodernity (eBook, ePUB)

A Science of the Social

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the last decade, a new conception of culture has emerged in sociology, out of the ashes of modernism and post-modernism, that has the potential to radically change how we think about cultural objects and groups in archaeology. Archaeology beyond Postmodernity re-evaluates current interpretive and methodological tools and adapts them to the new position. Many examples are given from Western and indigenous sciences to illustrate this different understanding of science and culture. In addition, several case studies demonstrate how it can be applied to interpret historic and prehistoric cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780759123588
• Artikelnr.: 39077737

Autorenporträt

Andrew Martin is an independent scholar and formerly lecturer and researcher at U.K. universities. He has been the principal investigator for the Wessex Barrow Project.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Entangled by Modernism
Chapter 2. Archaeological Use of Theories
Chapter 3. Object Science
Chapter 4. Group Formation, Dissent, and Change
Chapter 5. A Method for Analyzing Cultural Action
Chapter 6. Fragmenting the Bronze Age
Chapter 7. Contestation in the Hopewell
Chapter 8. Conclusion
Appendix 1. Structural Similarities Between Mounds in Barrow Groups
Appendix 2. Correlation of Inhumations and Cremations with Barrow Types
Appendix 3. Proximity of Wessex Anomalies to Beaker Barrows
Appendix 4. Context of Beaker Barrows
Appendix 5. Comparison of Size Between Last Beaker and Wessex Barrows
Appendix 6. Context of Secondary Cremations
Appendix 7. Secondary Inhumations in Cremation Mounds
Appendix 8. Characteristics of Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 Mounds
Bibliography
About the Author