Posing Questions for a Scientific Archaeology

by Terry L. Hunt

Although many believe that archaeological knowledge consists simply of empirical findings, this notion is false; data are generated with the guidance of theory, or some sense-making system acting in its place whether researchers recognize this or not. Failure to understand the relationship between theory and the empirical world has led to the many debates and frustrations of contemporary archaeology.

Despite years of trying, the atheoretical,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897897536
• ISBN13: 9780897897532
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.5"