Explorations in Behavioral Archaeology Paperback / softback
Edited by William H. Walker, James M. Skibo
Part of the Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry series
Paperback / softback
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Behavioral archaeology, defined as the study of people-object interactions in all times and places, emerged in the 1970s, in large part because of the innovative work of Michael Schiffer and colleagues.
This volume provides an overview of how behavioral archaeology has evolved and how it has affected the field of archaeology at large. The contributors to this volume are Schiffer's former students, from his first doctoral student to his most recent.
This generational span has allowed for chapters that reflect Schiffer's research from the 1970s to 2012.
They are iconoclastic and creative and approach behavioral archaeology from varied perspectives, including archaeological inference and chronology, site formation processes, prehistoric cultures and migration, modern material culture variability, the study of technology, object agency, and art and cultural resources.
Broader questions addressed include models of inference and definitions of behavior, study of technology and the causal performances of artifacts, and the implications of artifact causality in human communication and the flow of behavioral history.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages, 20 maps, 54 illustrations
- Publisher:University of Utah Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:31/08/2015
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- ISBN:9781607814146
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages, 20 maps, 54 illustrations
- Publisher:University of Utah Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:31/08/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781607814146