Ideology, Power and Prehistory

by Christopher Tilley and Daniel Miller

Book Overview

This book starts from the premise that methodology - the procedures for obtaining an 'objective' knowledge of the past - has always dominated archaeology to the detriment of broader social theory. It argues that social theory is archaeological theory, and that past failure to recognise this has resulted in disembodied archaeological theory and weak disciplinary practice. Ideology, Power and Prehistory therefore seeks to reinstate the primacy of social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052109089X
• ISBN13: 9780521090896
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.0"