Interpretative Archaeology (Hardcover)

Archaeology, most of us learned in school, consists in the painstaking digging up and sifting of relics from extinct cultures; hardly an exciting or indeed interesting activity - for most of us. Archaeologists and anthropologists, professional and otherwise, know better. In the buried structures and detritus of ancient cultures can be found a world of knowledge and insight - empirical and theoretical - into their cultures as well as our own. This fascinating volume brings these worlds to life, by integrating recent developments in anthropological and sociological theory with a series of detailed studies of prehistoric material culture. It is an exploration of the manner in which semiotic, hermeneutic, Marxist, and post-structuralist approaches radically alter our understanding of the past, and provides a series of innovative studies of key areas of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Explorations in Anthropology
Release date:	February 1994
First published:	1994
Editors:	Christopher Tilley
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-0-85496-842-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > History > Theory & methods > General Promotions
LSN:	0-85496-842-3
Barcode:	9780854968428

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