Posing Questions for a Scientific Archaeology - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0897897536 ISBN 13 : 9780897897532

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2001

Synopsis

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, empiricist foundations of archaeology have left us little but a history of storytelling and unsatisfying generalizations about historical change and human diversity. The present work offers promising directions for building theoretically defensible results by providing well-designed case studies that can be used as guides or exemplars. Evolutionary theory, in at least some form, is the foundation for a scientific archaeology that will yield scientific explanations for historical change.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

TERRY L. HUNT is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawaii./e

CARL P. LIPO is a systems architect at Intemap Network Services and Affiliate Graduate Faculty at University of Hawaii./e

SARAH L. STERLING is a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the University of Washington./e

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0897897536
• ISBN 13: 9780897897532
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Hunt Terry L., Lipo Carl P., Sterling Sarah L.
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