Cyber-Archaeology and Grand Narratives - Digital Technology and Deep-Time Perspectives on Culture Change in the Middle East (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This volume asks how the current Information Technology Revolution influences archaeological interpretations of techno-social change. Does cyber-archaeology provide a way to breathe new life into grand narratives of technological revolution and culture change, or does it further challenge these high-level theoretical explanations? Do digital recording methods have the potential to create large, regional-scale databases to ease investigation of high-level theoretical issues, or have they simply exposed deeper issues of archaeological practice that prevent this? In short, this volume cuts beyond platitudes about the revolutionary potential of the Information Technology Revolution and instead critically engages both its possibilities and limitations. The contributions to this volume are drawn from long-term regional studies employing a cyber-archaeology framework, primarily in the southern Levant, a region with rich archaeological data sets spanning the Paleolithic to the present day. As such, contributors are uniquely placed to comment on the interface between digital methods and grand narratives of long-term techno-social change. Cyber-Archaeology and Grand Narratives provides a much-needed challenge to current approaches, and a first step toward integrating innovative digital methods with archaeological theory.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	One World Archaeology
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2018
Editors:	Thomas Levy • Ian Jones
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-65692-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-65692-9
Barcode:	9783319656922

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