Understanding the archaeological record [electronic resource] / Gavin Lucas.

By:

Lucas, Gavin, 1965-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 306 p.) : illISBN:

9781139224376 (electronic bk.)
1139224379 (electronic bk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding the archaeological record.DDC classification:

930.1 23

LOC classification:

CC72 .L83 2012eb

Other classification:

SOC003000

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The trouble with theory; 2. The total record; 3. Formation theory; 4. Materialized culture; 5. Archaeological entities; 6. Archaeological interventions; 7. A 'new' social archaeology?

Summary: "This book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing current views. Gavin Lucas argues that archaeological theory has become both too fragmented and disconnected from the particular nature of archaeological evidence. The book examines three ways of understanding the archaeological record - as historical sources, through formation theory, and as material culture - then reveals ways to connect these three domains through a reconsideration of archaeological entities and archaeological practice. Ultimately, Lucas calls for a rethinking of the nature of the archaeological record and the kind of history and narratives written from it"-- Provided by publisher.

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"This book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing current views. Gavin Lucas argues that archaeological theory has become both too fragmented and disconnected from the particular nature of archaeological evidence. The book examines three ways of understanding the archaeological record - as historical sources, through formation theory, and as material culture - then reveals ways to connect these three domains through a reconsideration of archaeological entities and archaeological practice. Ultimately, Lucas calls for a rethinking of the nature of the archaeological record and the kind of history and narratives written from it"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.