Marxist Perspectives in Archaeology

by Matthew Spriggs

Marxist theory has been an undercurrent in western social science since the late nineteenth century. It came into prominence in the social sciences in the 1960s and 1970s and has had a profound effect on history, sociology and anthropology. This book represents an attempt to gather together Marxist perspectives in archaeology and to examine whether indeed they represent advances in archaeological theory. The papers in this volume look forward to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521109272
• ISBN13: 9780521109277
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.0"