Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory : Volume 11
Archaeology -- Methodology Archaeology -- Philosophy sähkökirjat
Elsevier Science
2014
EISBN 9781483214856
Front Cover; Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The Use and Abuse of World Systems Theory: The Case of the Pristine West Asian State; INTRODUCTION; WORLD SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND PREHISTORY: ITS POTENTIAL VALUE; THE ANCIENT POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE SCALE OF ITS ACTIVITIES; WEST ASIAN BRONZE AGE WORLD SYSTEMS: THE PROBLEMS OF MULTIPLE CORES AND TRANSFERABLE TECHNOLOGIES; TOTAL HISTORY AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION: IN SEARCH OF A SYNTHESIS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Modeling Interregional Interaction in Prehistory; INTRODUCTION; DIFFUSION; TRADE
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SURFACE ANALYSIS OF CERAMICSAPPLICATIONS; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 5.Strategies for Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction in Archaeology; INTRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTING LANDFORMS; RECONSTRUCTING VEGETATION; RECONSTRUCTING FAUNA; RECONSTRUCTING WATER AND ICE; RECONSTRUCTING CLIMATE; SYNTHESIS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Deposits for Archaeologists; INTRODUCTION; THE DEPOSIT; COMPARISON OF GEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF DEPOSIT; ATTRIBUTES OF SEDIMENTS
CONCLUSIONACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Index
WORLD SYSTEMS THEORYAN ALTERNATIVE INTERSOCIETAL INTERACTION FRAMEWORK; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. The Use and Misuse of Nineteenth-Century English and American Ceramics in Archaeological Analysis; INTRODUCTION; THE CATEGORIZATION OF HISTORICAL CERAMICS; CHRONOLOGICAL PLACEMENT OF CERAMIC TYPES OR SITE ASSEMBLAGES; BEYOND CATEGORIZATION AND DATING; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Weathering of Inorganic Materials: Dating and Other Applications; INTRODUCTION; KINETICS, MECHANISMS, AND THERMODYNAMICS OF WEATHERING
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 11 is a collection of papers that discusses world systems theory, modeling interregional interaction in prehistory, and the archaeological analysis of ceramics. Some papers review dating and weathering of inorganic materials, strategies for paleo-environmental reconstruction, as well as deposits and depositional events. One paper reviews the Old World state formation that occurred in West Asia during the fourth and third millennia B.C. Another paper examines the role of interactions among societies in the process of local social change, and the need for archaeologists to develop a framework in which to analyze intersocietal interaction processes. The presence of items such as ceramics is associated directly to factors of availability, functions, economic values, or ethnic affiliation. As an example, one paper cites the use and misuse of English and American ceramics in archaeological analysis in identifying cultural patterns and human behavior. Another paper notes that each biological or mechanical agent of transport and deposition has its own respective attributes on a deposit where the attributes of sedimentary particles on the deposit can be defined. From such definitions, the archaeologists can make observations and inferences. Sociologists, anthropologist, ethnographers, museum curators, professional or amateur archaeologists, and academicians studying historical antiquities will find the collection very useful.
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SURFACE ANALYSIS OF CERAMICSAPPLICATIONS; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 5.Strategies for Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction in Archaeology; INTRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTING LANDFORMS; RECONSTRUCTING VEGETATION; RECONSTRUCTING FAUNA; RECONSTRUCTING WATER AND ICE; RECONSTRUCTING CLIMATE; SYNTHESIS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Deposits for Archaeologists; INTRODUCTION; THE DEPOSIT; COMPARISON OF GEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF DEPOSIT; ATTRIBUTES OF SEDIMENTS
CONCLUSIONACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Index
WORLD SYSTEMS THEORYAN ALTERNATIVE INTERSOCIETAL INTERACTION FRAMEWORK; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. The Use and Misuse of Nineteenth-Century English and American Ceramics in Archaeological Analysis; INTRODUCTION; THE CATEGORIZATION OF HISTORICAL CERAMICS; CHRONOLOGICAL PLACEMENT OF CERAMIC TYPES OR SITE ASSEMBLAGES; BEYOND CATEGORIZATION AND DATING; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Weathering of Inorganic Materials: Dating and Other Applications; INTRODUCTION; KINETICS, MECHANISMS, AND THERMODYNAMICS OF WEATHERING
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 11 is a collection of papers that discusses world systems theory, modeling interregional interaction in prehistory, and the archaeological analysis of ceramics. Some papers review dating and weathering of inorganic materials, strategies for paleo-environmental reconstruction, as well as deposits and depositional events. One paper reviews the Old World state formation that occurred in West Asia during the fourth and third millennia B.C. Another paper examines the role of interactions among societies in the process of local social change, and the need for archaeologists to develop a framework in which to analyze intersocietal interaction processes. The presence of items such as ceramics is associated directly to factors of availability, functions, economic values, or ethnic affiliation. As an example, one paper cites the use and misuse of English and American ceramics in archaeological analysis in identifying cultural patterns and human behavior. Another paper notes that each biological or mechanical agent of transport and deposition has its own respective attributes on a deposit where the attributes of sedimentary particles on the deposit can be defined. From such definitions, the archaeologists can make observations and inferences. Sociologists, anthropologist, ethnographers, museum curators, professional or amateur archaeologists, and academicians studying historical antiquities will find the collection very useful.
