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Author: Lewis Roberts Binford
Publisher: Foundations of Archaeology
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780979773181
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSimultaneous description of Nunamiut Eskimo of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, in both behavioural and archaeological terms; based on field work 1969. Technical study of Eskimo hunting and meat consumption in relation to faunal discards.
Author: Lewis R. Binford
Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press
Published: 2012-06-15
Total Pages: 531
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology, the late Lewis Binford documents the hunting and butchering strategies of modern Arctic big game hunters and the archaeological remains generated during the course of their yearly round of activities-producing a unique description of a complete annual cycle of subsistence activities, viewed simultaneously from both a behavioral and archaeological perspective. The volume is now regarded as a classic of archaeological theory building. As Nicole Waguespack writes in her new prologue, "Binford documents Nunamiut hunting and butchering strategies and their impact on faunal assemblage variation. In classic Binfordian fashion, however, the book is also about much more and can serve as an essential sourcebook on both ethnoarchaeology and zooarchaeology." Originally published by Academic Press in 1978. Praise from readers "Binford's classic work is archaeology's Moby Dick-raw in the ethnographic details of butchering nature for human purposes and rich in the knowledge so gained for the study of the human past. Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology put complexity back into hunting and archaeologists have been feasting off the fat ever since." Clive Gamble, University of Southampton "Decades after its initial publication, Nunamuit Ethnoarchaeology remains a defining moment in archaeological method and theory. Binford's pioneering tour de force continues to inspire archaeologists and stands as a basic sourcebook for anyone interested in hunter-gatherer studies. This book is one of the reasons why I do what I do." Karen Lupo, Washington State University "Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology will always stand as one of the most important and innovative books in taphonomy, ethnoarchaeology, and hunter-gatherer ethnography. A brilliant treatise on hunter-gatherer foraging and a model for the rest of the field to follow on how to use the present to learn about the past." Curtis W. Marean, Arizona State University
Author: Richard A. Gould
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1980-04-30
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780521230933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing as case studies his own observations of Australian Aborigines, and those of others, the author presents a unified theory of ethnoarchaeology.
Author: Colin Renfrew
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-05
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1134370415
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn invaluable resource, providing an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the key terms used in this discipline today.
Author: Carol Kramer
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2014-05-12
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1483258335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVillage Ethnoarchaeology: Rural Iran in Archaeological Perspective discusses selected tangible features of the subject area, noting the differences in households and associated material culture. The book comments among settlement variability, the complexities in relationships among population density, settlement age, area, and function. The text also deals with material correlates of sociocultural behavior, spatial organization, architectural variability, regional patterns, and archaeological sampling strategies. The book presents a study based on three sets of contemporary data: (1) from an ethnographic fieldwork on Aliabad in summer 1975; (2) the census and cartographic documents published by the Iranian government; and (3) a corpus of published comparative ethnographic data. The book notes that among the households in Aliabad, which is neither economically stratified nor markedly heterogeneous, economic variations exist. The text suggests that that material diversity and systems involving socioeconomic differentiation can have substantial time depth in this part of the world. The book can prove beneficial for archaeologists, anthropologist, sociologists, and researchers interested in ethnographic accounts of Middle Eastern communities.
Author: Barry W. Cunliffe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 652
ISBN-13: 9780197262559
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwenty-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.
Author: Jim Grant
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780415360760
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This fully updated and revised new edition of the bestselling The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide to students studying archaeology for the first time, providing pre-university students and teachers as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts with the skills and technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Mark Q. Sutton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-03-30
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1000351211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArchaeology: The Science of the Human Past provides students with a thorough understanding of what archaeology is and how it operates and familiarizes them with fundamental archaeological concepts and methods. This volume introduces the basic components of archaeology, including sites, artifacts, ecofacts, remote sensing, and excavation. It discusses how archaeologists obtain and classify information and how they analyze this information to formulate and test models of what happened in the past. Cultural resource management and the laws and regulations that deal with archaeology around the world are described. Archaeology is placed in the context of contemporary issues, from environmental problems to issues affecting Indigenous populations. The sixth edition has been updated and simplified to create a more streamlined volume to meet the needs of the students and teachers for whom it is designed, reflecting the latest developments in archaeological techniques and approaches. Allowing students to understand the theoretical and scientific aspects of archaeology and how various archaeological perspectives and techniques help us understand how and what we know about the past, Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past is an ideal introduction to archaeology.
Author: Paul Graves-Brown
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 852
ISBN-13: 019960200X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Handbook is the first comprehensive survey of a rapidly expanding sub-field in archaeology, the study of the present and recent past. It seeks to explore the boundaries of this emerging area, to develop a tool-kit of concepts and methods, which are applicable to this new sub-field, and to suggest important future trajectories for research.
Author: Vicki Cummings
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2014-04-24
Total Pages: 1361
ISBN-13: 0191025275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies to date, including critical engagements with older debates, new theoretical perspectives, and renewed obligations for greater engagement between researchers and indigenous communities. Chapters provide in-depth archaeological, historical, and anthropological case-studies, and examine far-reaching questions about human social relations, attitudes to technology, ecology, and management of resources and the environment, as well as issues of diet, health, and gender relations - all central topics in hunter-gatherer research, but also themes that have great relevance for modern global society and its future challenges. The Handbook also provides a strategic vision for how the integration of new methods, approaches, and study regions can ensure that future research into the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers will continue to deliver penetrating insights into the factors that underlie all human diversity.
