Symbols in Action: Ethnoarchaeological Studies of Material Culture

by Ian Hodder

Material culture - the objects made by man - provides the primary data from which archaeologists have to infer the economies, technologies, social organization and ritual practices of extinct societies. The analysis and interpretation ofmaterial culture is therefore central to any concern with archaeological theory and methodology, and in order to understand better the relationship between material culture and human behaviour, archaeologists need...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521105080
• ISBN13: 9780521105088
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"