Language and Classification: Meaning-Making in the Classification and Categorization of Ceramics

ISBN-13: 9780367593131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 162 str.

Allison Burkette

Opis

This volume examines the different ways in which classification is communicated and negotiated in different environments within archaeology. The book looks at the archaeological classification of ceramics as a lens through which to examine the discursive and social practices inherent in the classification and categorization process.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Negotiating Classification   2. Ceramics Classification    3. Teaching Classification: Classroom Typology   4. Classification in the Field: Historical Archaeology    5. Classification Down the Scope: Thin-Section Petrography   6. Classification Via Reactor: Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis   7. Classification as Personal Interpretation   8. Conclusion

O autorze

Allison Burkette is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Mississippi. Her previous publications include Language and Material Culture (2015).