Overview
This volume brings together a series of papers which define the relevance of archaeology to the study of long term change and to the understanding of our contemporary world. It re-evaluates the premises and epistemologies which underlie the study of archaeology and looks at the ways discoveries about the past have a direct bearing oncontemporary beliefs and actions. The major theoretical ideologies which have influenced archaeology since the mid-1970s are considered: functionalism, determinism, structural Marxism, world systems theory, postmodernism and postprocessual archaeology. The papers in this volume, however, concentrate on the study of structures as far as the archaeological record brings new or different insight to their functioning in the long term. The volume also remains committed to the possibility of an historical reconstruction of social realities. The text is a compilation of papers in theoretical archaeology and should appeal to academics and postgraduates in archaeology, anthropology and history.
Full Product Details
Author: Kristian Kristiansen ,
Michael Rowlands ,
Kristian Kristiansen (Ministry of the Environment, Denmark)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.990kg
ISBN: 9780415067898
ISBN 10: 0415067898
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 24 September 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Kristiansen and Rowlands argue in this dense but thoughtful volume that there is much to be gained by revisiting the works and ideas of our intellectual ancestors and elders, including, Marx, Althusser, Braudel and Wallerstein.. -Journal of Anthropology Research, vol. 57, 2001
Kristiansen and Rowlands argue in this dense but thoughtful volume that there is much to be gained by revisiting the works and ideas of our intellectual ancestors and elders, including, Marx, Althusser, Braudel and Wallerstein.. <br>-Journal of Anthropology Research, vol. 57, 2001 <br>
Author Information
Kristian Kristiansen is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Gothenburg, Denmark and was previously Director of the Danish Archaeological Heritage Administration in the Ministry of the Environment. He has written widely on theoretical archaeology and the archaeology of Northern Europe. Michael Rowlands is professor of Anthropology at University College London, UK. He is a leading figure in the development of theoretical archaeology.
