Living Archaeology

by Richard A. Gould and Gould

Book Overview

'Living archaeology, ' says Richard Gould, 'is ethnoarchaeology in the active voice'. Using as case studies his own observations of Australian Aborigines, and those of others, the author presents a unified theory of ethnoarchaeology. He demonstrates a reliable way to infer adaptive behavior in prehistoric communities by studying adaptive behavior in a contemporary society and noting the evidence of this behavior in material discards. Gould examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521299594
• ISBN13: 9780521299596
• Release Date: April 1980
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"