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Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice (Topics in Contemporary Archaeology)

By Andrew Jones

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0521790603, 9780521790604, 9780511016226
LCC
CC72 .J66 2002
Open Library ID
OL3947741M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2064454 bytes)
Pages
222\223
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Contemporary archaeology is polarized between the technically competent excavators, who have sophisticated ways of recording, analyzing, classifying and describing their sites, and the social theorists, influenced by sceptical sociologies in science and cultural studies. This book defines the contours of each faction and argues that conflict between their aims and procedures is unnecessary. Andrew Jones instead emphasizes the process of interpretations, which is, in his view, the real concern of archaeologists.

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