Reading the Past - Softcover

Hodder, I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052133960X ISBN 13: 9780521339605

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Inhaltsangabe

Ian Hodder's controversial new book focuses on meaning in archaeology, arguing that the interpretation of meaning needs to be closely integrated with adaptive, economic and social factors when we are seeking to explain the behaviour of past societies. Symbolism and ideology are discussed in relation to history and social practice and general accounts are provided of systems theory in archaeology, of structuratist and Marxist archaeology, and of the relationships between archaeology and history. The author then defines what he has termed contextual and post-processual archaeology and examines their implications for the practice of the discipline. In particular, he argues that while material culture is not a literary text, an analogy with texts offers powerful insights into the nature of archaeological data and into the procedures involved in 'reading the past'.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1986
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 052133960X
• ISBN 13: 9780521339605
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; Frankreich