Archaeology and Modernity

by Julian Thomas

Book Overview

This is the first book-length study to explore the relationship between archaeology and modern thought, showing how philosophical ideas that developed in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries still dominate our approach to the material remains of ancient societies.

Addressing current debates from a new viewpoint, Archaeology and Modernity discusses the modern emphasis on method rather than ethics or meaning, our understanding of change...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415271568
• ISBN13: 9780415271561
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"