Global Archaeological Theory: Contextual Voices and Contemporary Thoughts

by Pedro Paulo A. Funari

Book Overview

Archaeological theory has gone through a great upheaval in the last 50 years - from the processual theory, which wanted to make archaeology more "scientific" to post-processual theory, which understands that interpreting human behavior (even of past cultures) is a subjective study. This subjective approach incorporates a plurality of readings, thereby implying that different interpretations are always possible, allowing us to modify and change...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306486512
• ISBN13: 9780306486517
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.8"