Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory : Volume 4
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Elsevier Science
2014
EISBN 9781483214818
Front Cover; Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Archaeoastronomy; INTRODUCTION; THE ASTRONOMICAL AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND FOR ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL STUDIES; THE FRONTIERS OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH; SUMMARY: THE FUTURE OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMY; APPENDIX A AZIMUTH FINDER. COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TI-59 CALCULATOR; APPENDIX B AZIMUTH-DECLINATION PREDICTOR COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TI-59 CALCULATOR; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Explaining the Evolution of Cultural Complexity: A Review
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; Chapter 4. Seasonality Studies; INTRODUCTION; METHODS OF SEASONALITY ESTIMATION; DISCUSSION; SYNTHESIS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Isotopic Discrimination and Correction Factors in Radiocarbon Dating; INTRODUCTION; POSSIBLE CORRECTION FACTORS; EXTENDING THE TEMPORAL HORIZONS OF RADIOCARBON DATING; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. The Expanding Role of Surface Assemblages in Archaeological Research; INTRODUCTION; FORMATION PROCESSES OF SURFACE ASSEMBLAGES; ARGUMENTS AGAINST USE OF SURFACE MATERIALS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; Index
INTRODUCTIONEXPLANATION AND THE CONCEPT OF CULTURAL COMPLEXITY; CULTURAL EVOLUTIONISM; CULTURAL MATERIALISM, MARXIST STRUCTURALISM, AND DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM; GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY, HIERARCHY THEORY, INFORMATION THEORY, AND CATASTROPHE THEORY; TOWARD AN EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION OF CULTURAL COMPLEXITY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnology: Interpretive Interfaces; INTRODUCTION; ANALOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORICAL REVIEW; MATERIAL CULTURE INTERESTS: THE NEW DIMENSIONS; ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOHISTORY: THE WRITTEN WORD; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
THE EXPANDING ROLE OF SURFACE MATERIALCONTRIBUTIONS OF INTENSIVE SURFACE COLLECTION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Developments and Directions in Geoarchaeology; WHAT IS GEOARCHAEOLOGY?; GEOARCHAEOLOGY IN PRACTICE; DIRECTIONS FOR GEOARCHAEOLOGY; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Taphonomy and Paleoecology: A Critical Review of Archaeology's Sister Disciplines; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; CURRENT PROBLEMS OF METHOD AND THEORY IN TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY; PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF VERTEBRATE TAPHONOMY OF USE TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS; CONCLUSIONS
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 4 presents the progressive explorations in methods and theory in archeology. This book discusses the increasing application of surface collection in cultural resource management.Organized into eight chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the fundamental aspects of archeoastronomy and explains what kinds of testable hypotheses that archeoastronomy generates. This text then examines the general implications for the study of cultural complexity. Other chapters consider the use of surface artifacts by archeologists to locate sites, est
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; Chapter 4. Seasonality Studies; INTRODUCTION; METHODS OF SEASONALITY ESTIMATION; DISCUSSION; SYNTHESIS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Isotopic Discrimination and Correction Factors in Radiocarbon Dating; INTRODUCTION; POSSIBLE CORRECTION FACTORS; EXTENDING THE TEMPORAL HORIZONS OF RADIOCARBON DATING; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. The Expanding Role of Surface Assemblages in Archaeological Research; INTRODUCTION; FORMATION PROCESSES OF SURFACE ASSEMBLAGES; ARGUMENTS AGAINST USE OF SURFACE MATERIALS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; Index
INTRODUCTIONEXPLANATION AND THE CONCEPT OF CULTURAL COMPLEXITY; CULTURAL EVOLUTIONISM; CULTURAL MATERIALISM, MARXIST STRUCTURALISM, AND DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM; GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY, HIERARCHY THEORY, INFORMATION THEORY, AND CATASTROPHE THEORY; TOWARD AN EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION OF CULTURAL COMPLEXITY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnology: Interpretive Interfaces; INTRODUCTION; ANALOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORICAL REVIEW; MATERIAL CULTURE INTERESTS: THE NEW DIMENSIONS; ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOHISTORY: THE WRITTEN WORD; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
THE EXPANDING ROLE OF SURFACE MATERIALCONTRIBUTIONS OF INTENSIVE SURFACE COLLECTION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Developments and Directions in Geoarchaeology; WHAT IS GEOARCHAEOLOGY?; GEOARCHAEOLOGY IN PRACTICE; DIRECTIONS FOR GEOARCHAEOLOGY; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Taphonomy and Paleoecology: A Critical Review of Archaeology's Sister Disciplines; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; CURRENT PROBLEMS OF METHOD AND THEORY IN TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY; PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF VERTEBRATE TAPHONOMY OF USE TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS; CONCLUSIONS
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 4 presents the progressive explorations in methods and theory in archeology. This book discusses the increasing application of surface collection in cultural resource management.Organized into eight chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the fundamental aspects of archeoastronomy and explains what kinds of testable hypotheses that archeoastronomy generates. This text then examines the general implications for the study of cultural complexity. Other chapters consider the use of surface artifacts by archeologists to locate sites, est
