ISBN: 9780521299596

''Living archaeology,'' says Richard Gould, ''is ethnoarchaeology in the active voice''. Using as case studies his own observations of Australian Aborigines, and those of others, the auth… Mehr…

''Living archaeology,'' says Richard Gould, ''is ethnoarchaeology in the active voice''. Using as case studies his own observations of Australian Aborigines, and those of others, the author presents a unified theory of ethnoarchaeology. He demonstrates a reliable way to infer adaptive behavior in prehistoric communities by studying adaptive behavior in a contemporary society and noting the evidence of this behavior in material discards. Gould examines and dismisses the argument by analogy, long accepted as fundamental in earlier archaeological studies of this kind, and, as an alternative, he proposes the argument by anomaly. The book starts by recording a day in the life of a traditional Australian Desert Aborigine camp. the author identifies many social, verbal, and ideational interactions that would be difficult, if not impossible, to infer directly from the typical ''archaeological'' remains of this non-material behavior. The book examines differences between actual as opposed to anticipated human behavior and suggests that understanding the reasons for these contrasts is what characterizes ethnoarchaeology at its best. | Living Archaeology by Gould Gould Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > History > Archaeology P10103, Gould Gould<

2009, ISBN: 0521299594

[EAN: 9780521299596], Neubuch, [PU: Cambridge University Press], SOCIAL SCIENCE ARCHAEOLOGY, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruck… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780521299596], Neubuch, [PU: Cambridge University Press], SOCIAL SCIENCE ARCHAEOLOGY, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. InhaltsverzeichnisIntroduction: archaeology and the totality of human behavior 1. Tikatika 2. Beyond analogy 3. Behavior and adaptation 4. Other adaptive models, Books<

ISBN: 9780521299596

Paperback, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Using as case studies his own observations of Australian Aborigines, and those of others, the author presents a unified theory of ethnoarchaeo… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Using as case studies his own observations of Australian Aborigines, and those of others, the author presents a unified theory of ethnoarchaeology., Archaeology<

2009, ISBN: 0521299594

Kartoniert / Broschiert SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Cambridge University Press]

1980, ISBN: 9780521299596

Buch, Softcover, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, 1980