Archaeological Typology and Practical Reality: A Dialectical Approach to Artifact Classification and Sorting - Tapa dura

Adams, William Y.; Adams, Ernest W.

 
9780521393348: Archaeological Typology and Practical Reality: A Dialectical Approach to Artifact Classification and Sorting
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ISBN 10: 0521393345 ISBN 13: 9780521393348
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Sinopsis

A study of the various ways in which field archaeologists set about making and using classifications to meet a variety of practical needs.

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Críticas

'... an excellent book ... Because it contains an excellent overview of past archaeological classifactory approaches and critiques of typology as well as a clear discussion of what typology is, this book should be required reading for all graduate students.' Antiquity

Reseña del editor

Classifications are central to archaeology. Yet the theoretical literature on the subject, both in archaeology and the philosophy of science, bears very little relationship to what actually occurs in practice. This problem has long interested William Adams, a field archaeologist, and Ernest Adams, a philosopher of science, who describe their book as an ethnography of archaeological classification. It is a study of the various ways in which field archaeologists set about making and using classifications to meet a variety of practical needs. The authors first discuss how humans form concepts. They then describe and analyse in detail a specific example of an archaeological classification, and go on to consider what theoretical generalizations can be derived from the study of actual in-use classifications. Throughout the book, they stress the importance of having a clearly defined purpose and practical procedures when developing and applying classifications.

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
1991
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521393345
ISBN 13 
9780521393348
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
451
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
Avery
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Dardilly
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