Debating Archaeology
Debating Archaeology

Author: Lewis R Binford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 677

ISBN-13: 1315430630

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In this volume, the founder of processual archaeology, Lewis R. Binford collects and comments on the twenty-eight substantive papers published in the 1980's, the third in his set of collected papers (also Working at Archaeology and An Archaeological Perspective). This ongoing collection of self-edited papers, together with the extensive and very candid interstitial commentaries, provides an invaluable record of the development of "The New Archaeology" and a challenging view into the mind of the man who is certainly the most creative archaeological theorist of our time. A new (2009) foreword allows further reflections on his work.

Debating Archaeological Empiricism
Debating Archaeological Empiricism

Author: Charlotta Hillerdal

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-03-05

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1317800753

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Debating Archaeological Empiricism examines the current intellectual turn in archaeology, primarily in its prehistoric and classical branches, characterized by a return to the archaeological evidence. Each chapter in the book approaches the empirical from a different angle, illuminating contemporary views and uses of the archaeological material in interpretations and theory building. The inclusion of differing perspectives in this collection mirrors the conceptual landscape that characterizes the discipline, contributing to the theoretical debate in archaeology and classical studies. As well as giving an important snapshot of the practical as well as theoretical uses of materiality in archaeologies today, this volume looks to the future of archaeology as an empirical discipline.

Archaeology and Text
Archaeology and Text

Author: John Moreland

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

Published: 2001-07-12

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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"Drawing upon recent work in theoretical archaeology, and on case studies from the prehistoric Near East, medieval Europe, early modern North America, and Mesoamerica, John Moreland challenges many of the assumptions which have hitherto underpinned archaeological research in historic periods, arguing that we will only fully understand these pasts when we begin to appreciate the historically specific ways in which both documents and artefacts were 'activated' in the reproduction and transformation of power and identity. A concluding chapter warns that any contribution these arguments may make to the better understanding of the historical past will be negated if we fail to appreciate the very real dangers posed, to all the peoples of the past, by the recent 'linguistic turn' in both disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.

Archaeology
Archaeology

Author: Barry W. Cunliffe

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 9780197262559

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Twenty-six leading scholars from around the world have come together to celebrate the strengths, the energies and the sheer intellectual excitement of their discipline. They unashamedly proclaim that over the last hundred years archaeology has transformed itself from a genteel antiquarianpursuit, deeply rooted in the classical tradition, to a rigorous and demanding discipline, spanning the humanities and the sciences, yet at the same time one widely accessible to the public at large. The contributors show how our understanding of the past has changed, reveal the exciting ideas under current debate, and offer their visions of the future.The result is a remarkable overview of world archaeology, focusing on new and unexpected themes at the cutting edge of the discipline.

Debating Oaxaca Archaeology
Debating Oaxaca Archaeology

Author: Joyce Marcus

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 091570322X

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The essays in this collection examine a variety of topics within Oaxacan archaeology, from settlement and land use to scale and complexity. They are based on papers presented at the 1987 meeting of the Northeast Mesoamericanists Society, held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia.

The Quest for the Historical Israel
The Quest for the Historical Israel

Author: Israel Finkelstein

Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit

Published: 2007-10-24

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1589832779

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An engaging series of essays, originally given at the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. The aim of the colloquium was to make available the results of recent archaeological work to a wider interested public, and specifically to bring science to bear on the early history of the Jewish people.

Debating Archaeology
Debating Archaeology

Author: Lewis Roberts Binford

Publisher: Emerald Group Pub Limited

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9780121000455

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Collects twenty-eight papers published by Binford in the 1980's and includes his comments on them. This collection of self-edited papers, together with candid interstitial commentaries, provides a record of the development of 'The New Archaeology' and a view into the mind of a creative archaeological theorist.

What is Media Archaeology?
What is Media Archaeology?

Author: Jussi Parikka

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-23

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0745661394

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This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic methodology used to excavate current media through its past. Written with a steampunk attitude, What is Media Archaeology? examines the theoretical challenges of studying digital culture and memory and opens up the sedimented layers of contemporary media culture. The author contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key media studies debates including software studies, German media theory, imaginary media research, new materialism and digital humanities. What is Media Archaeology? advances an innovative theoretical position while also presenting an engaging and accessible overview for students of media, film and cultural studies. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology and media.

Debating Orientalization
Debating Orientalization

Author: Corinna Riva

Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781845538910

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Debating Orientalization brings together papers presented at a symposium held in Oxford in 2002 to debate the theme of ancient Orientalization. The volume reassesses the concept of Orientalizing, questioning whether it is valid to interpret Mediterranean-wide processes of change in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages by the term Orientalization.