Archaeology and Its Discontents: Why Archaeology Matters

ISBN-13: 9780367560201 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 180 str.

John C. Barrett

Opis

Critically examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century. It makes a powerful case that understanding how humans have created themselves should be the main purpose of archaeology, and that archaeology matters precisely because of the insights it can offer in this area.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Explanation and understanding  2. The archaeological record  3. Systems and the dynamics of historical change: The New Archaeology  4. A Social Archaeology  5. From functionalism to a symbolic and structural archaeology  6. The evolution of ecosystems  7. The making of populations  8. The cultures of life  Epilogue

O autorze

John C. Barrett is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, having previously taught at the Universities of Leeds and Glasgow. He is the author of Fragments from Antiquity (1994) and co-author, with Michael Boyd, of From Stonehenge to Mycenae (2019). His research has focused upon British and European prehistory and archaeological theory.