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For courses in Introduction to Archaeology Theory and Methods.Intended for the Introductory Archaeology course with the goal of teaching students how to think like archaeologists, this workbook includes activities that challenge students to interpret and explain field findings and help them to see the link between theory and practice.

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Author:   Thomas C Patterson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   3rd edition
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138373976

ISBN 10:   1138373974
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   18 September 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction. PROBLEMS AND DISCUSSION 1. Stratigraphy: Establishing a Sequence from Excavated Archaeological Evidence. 2. Seriation: Ordering Archaeological Evidence by Stylistic Differences. 3.Constructing a Regional Chronology. 4. Modes of Production, Divisions of Labor, and Social Reproduction. 5. Time and Place as Operating Conditions in Production. 6. The Construction and Transformation of Regional Landscapes. 7. Social Divisions of Labor, Class Structures, and State Formation. 8. State Formation: Conquest Abroad, Repression at Home. 9. Frontier Societies: State Formation and Uneven Development. 10. State Formation and the Reorganization of Social Production and Reproduction. 11. The Social Construction of Gender, Ethnicity, and Race. 12. Class Struggle and Resistance.

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Thomas C. Patterson is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. His current research focuses on the historical development of anthropology and archaeology in the political-economic, social and cultural contexts shaped by nation-states, especially the United States, Peru, and Mexico; critical analyses of contemporary trends in social and cultural theory; comparative political economy; class and state formation; the intersection of class, race, and gender; theories of change and development, especially the political-economic, social and cultural changes associated with imperialism and the processes of globalization; and critical investigations of how the realities of past societies are constituted and appropriated into the fabric of everyday life today.

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